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two of the three fires were from objects hitting the underside of the car. Nissan Leaf has sold 3x more vehicles than Tesla. Are you saying that objects don't
by rgbrenner 13y ago
two of the three fires were from objects hitting the underside of the car.
Nissan Leaf has sold 3x more vehicles than Tesla.
Are you saying that objects don't hit the underside of Leafs? (Perhaps they are repelled magically?) Or that objects are somehow more attracted to the underside of Teslas cars? Or the Leaf accidents don't count because the Leaf owners didn't file a report that nothing happened?
- bgilroy26 13y agoYour points make sense. The only factor is that Tesla gets a TON more media attention, so we're more likely to hear about it.
- vertis 13y agoI wonder whether it has something to do with the way you would drive a Tesla vs how you would drive a Volt/Leaf. I'm not saying that the Tesla is necessarily better performing, just that two different types of people are the likely owners. NB: Just pondering.
- mbreese 13y agoThis might just be the case, simply due to the extended range of the Tesla. Since you can commute farther, you're more likely to be on a highway in a Tesla. I haven't seen many Leafs on 101/280, but I see Teslas all the time. Since these are high-energy impacts, you'd have to be traveling at highway speed to have a damaging impact. It might be more interesting to compare how a similar car style would behave (think high performance sedans).
- ars_technician 13y agoexactly. People that own the nissans don't drive them because they suck. :-)