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Major Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter just ran a story that the insurance cost for a Tesla has almost doubled in a year. While others remained more or less sta
by fifilura 1y ago
Major Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter just ran a story that the insurance cost for a Tesla has almost doubled in a year. While others remained more or less stable.
(Quaterly cost, full insurance)
Tesla Model 3: 3 338 kronor (70,3 percent increase since Q1 2024)
Tesla Model Y: 4 007 kronor (97,3 percent increase)
Kia EV6: 938 kronor (-4,7 percent)
Volvo EX40: 1 097 kronor (-9,8 percent)
https://web.archive.org/web/20250510192608/https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/forsakringspremier-pa-tesla-stiger-kraftigt/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250510192608/https://www.dn.se...
They speculate the reason is that relatively few companies insure Teslas. Maybe because they have their own insurance company, or maybe because the leasing company take on the risk. I don't know how this works exactly.
- tough 1y agoone would think the global -lets deface teslas- movement might have something to be with insurance premiums going up for teslas no?
- redox99 1y agoThat's unlikely to be a significant percentage of insurance claims.
- tough 1y agoso its more about tesla's owners being bad drivers then?
- justanotheratom 1y agoone legitimate explanation I have heard is that when a Tesla gets in an accident, even with minor damage, they have to replace the Battery, because they are not able to accurately assess the damage to battery and the risk of not changing it. This balloons the insurance cost.
- tptacek 1y agoThis seems like a real public policy problem; a custodian in a Ford Escort should not incur an extra $20k in repair liability after a fender bender simply because the other car happened to be a wealthy lawyer's Tesla. At some point the owner of the glass car has to take responsibility for the risk of having it on the road.
- rideontime 1y agoThat’s one possibility, but there’s also the well-known horror stories of dealing with Tesla service centers.
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- tptacek 1y agoA rounding error in the economics of insuring cars. Much of the cost of insurance is what your car does to other things on the road.
- fifilura 1y agoThe insurance company quoted seems to claim that they have not seen an increase of vandalism. They say however that one reason is that 2nd hand prices are dropping rapidly and that gives some uncertainty how to put value on the car for replacement. Don't quite understand what they mean with that.
- vonzepp 1y agoWhen you write off a car, you don't get the value of a new car, you get the value of the car at the point of time it was written off. So if you write a 3 year old car, you get the value of a 3 year old second hand car. Uncertainty on the price I guess increase financial risk.
- celticninja 1y agoBut the price has consistently falling, so that would suggest a reduction in the insurance costs. I think it's more likely that drivers reliance on teslas assistant driver programme is likely to cause accidents, the costs of which are likely to dwarf what it costs to replace the Tesla.
- rubyfan 1y agoProbably not. Most of those vehicles at dealers would be covered under commercial policies separate from the loss ratios reported here. Also the backlash is more recent than the loss ratios reported (2024 results).
- rchaud 1y agoI would imagine it's because Tesla replacement parts and repair outlets are far more expensive and limited in supply than ICE car manufacturers which make up the majority of insured vehicles. Longer repair time would mean the driver needs a loaner car for longer, increasing costs.
- kgwxd 1y agoMostly propaganda. Narcissists love being "the victim". "Victims" are granted more leeway when using "defensive" powers.