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This article looks like rampant speculation about which differences between Teslas and other vehicles would cause the observed crash disparity. Some other socie
by hansvm 3y ago
This article looks like rampant speculation about which differences between Teslas and other vehicles would cause the observed crash disparity. Some other society-level stats which might be of interest:
(1) Tesla drivers skew heavily male (70+%), and male drivers are much higher risk (2-3x, though not as dramatically different when older)
(2) Tesla drivers skew upper-middle class, the Tesla itself isn't cheap, and people who drive more expensive cars tend to drive worse (could be confounded by gender or other factors, but when uncorrected it's a correlation that exists).
(3) Teslas are insanely heavy. Pickup trucks have higher crash rates than sedans too.
And so on. Is there a better version of this article that tries to study why there are more crashes rather than just guess?