[noboostforyou]

Safety reports can be misleading apparently - https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/debunking-tesla-safest-ca...

Tesla gets high test scores, but real world results seem to differ - https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-ag...

[lotsofpulp]

Accidents <> safety. Accidents could be caused by inattentive and/or aggressive drivers due to Tesla vehicles’ auto pilot functionality and higher torque.

The question is if driving the same way in the same conditions in the same places, would one experience more injury in a given model of Tesla versus a competing car?

[Retric]

That’s not a free pass.

Tesla is competing on price, but it’s providing acceleration that normally available in cars with much better handling characteristics.

[noboostforyou]

Even if you don't consider the rate of an accident occurring as "safety" then what about the results of when accidents happen? Should that not be considered a "safety" metric? eg. One brand has a much lower rate of accidents, but when an accident happens the fatality rate is much higher.