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?
It’s not fine print yo. When you go to use it, the “(supervised)” bit is always on the same line and there are gratuitous warnings. The only people who don’t know it has limitations are people reading about accidents in the news. People have been trying to circumvent the rules since plain old autopilot was out with water bottles taped to steering wheels, and when you break the rules you’re not entitled to sympathy.
Anyone saying accidents are because Tesla is making false statements has never owned one and are talking out of their ass. You have to navigate at least 3 menus to just ENABLE these features and all of them say “you gotta pay attention”.
When it comes to buying one? Sure, let’s say false advertising. When it comes to accidents, that is willfully not acknowledging warnings.