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dotancohen • last Friday at 7:51 PM • 8 replies • view on HN

  > Tesla doesn't have a great record anyways.
If I'm not mistaken, and please somebody correct me if I am mistaken, Teslas meet or exceed the absolute highest safety regulations in the US and in Europe.

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zombocomvibes • last Friday at 7:59 PM

They have the highest rate of fatal accidents across all car brands, more than double the average.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highes...

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t0mpr1c3 • yesterday at 1:34 AM

The cybertruck remains banned in most of Europe because it does not meet standards for pedestrian safety.

https://autoedgeview.com/ev-reviews/europe-cybertruck-ban-ex...

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thuridas • last Friday at 9:28 PM

Like the people who get trapped in case of accident when the electricity fail and is burned inside?

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lucideer • last Friday at 9:40 PM

EU safety regs are pass/fail - there's no sources stating Tesla have exceeded anything there, they need to pass in order to be sold in Europe, so they've done whatever the minimum required is for that. To do so, they've needed to make numerous compromises & changes to their cars to make them fit for the EU market - notably no FSD. Hardly indicative of a car brand that exceeds anything.

As for US safety standards, that seems a lower bar...

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throwawayffffas • yesterday at 8:28 AM

There is a large situation happening about their doors.

The manual override is not obvious and people have burned to death in crashes because they could not get the door open after the power went down.

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blipvert • last Friday at 7:56 PM

The “Cybertruck” (ffs …) is not legal in the EU due to safety regulations, so I would say that you are mistaken.

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SecretDreams • yesterday at 1:52 AM

They make cars that are very safe from a testing protocol perspective, but cars that might also fall off their performance cliff quicker in some real world scenarios where the energy input is just a tad higher.

They engineer to robustly pass tests, seemingly without a lot of consideration of "beyond" the test. It's not uncommon for most OEMs to target the test metrics, but you can still make design choices along the way where you may recognize with EJ when there is a "design cliff" and you may avoid it.. if desired.

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Betelbuddy • last Friday at 10:48 PM

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