Four people died after a Tesla crashed and burst into flames, while a fifth person narrowly escaped after a bystander broke open a window.
  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    Probably every vehicle has some number of stupid deaths. I assume you don’t fly because Boeing fucked up. That’s way more than 83 people if just one plane crashes.

    It’s just way cooler to shit on Tesla though. Very trendy. Very cool.

    0.052% (232 / 443,956) fire rate.

    Comparison to Industry Average: For context, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports an average fire rate of 1.5 crashes per million miles for all vehicles. Tesla’s fire rate of 0.052% (based on the reported 232 fires) is significantly lower than this industry average.

    But it’s not very cool to do research that way shrug

    • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      What’s Tesla’s fire rate per million miles?

      And an ‘average fire rate of 1.5 crashes per million miles’ is unclear.

      What’s the distinction between crashes and fires here? Is like to make sense of the stats.

      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        Let me google that for you:

        • Tesla vehicles have had a fire rate of one for every 175 million miles traveled, compared to the U.S. average of a vehicle fire for every 19 million miles traveled.
        • According to the National Fire Protection Association, Tesla’s fire rate is significantly lower than the national average, with one fire per 170 million miles driven.
        • A study by the University of Berkeley found that electric vehicle fires, including Tesla, occurred at a rate of 4 per billion miles, which is significantly lower than gasoline vehicles.

        Anything else I can type in your search engine?