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Tesla Claimed 8,669 Canadian EV Rebates as the Program Ran Out of Funds… That’s 1.5 Sales Per Minute (fuelarc.com)

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Between January 10 and January 12, after being warned that an EV rebate program was running out of funds, Tesla dealerships in Canada managed to claim 8,669 individual iZEV EV rebates, or about $43 million CAD in incentives. That’s a staggering number of sales to log in a single weekend, about 1.5 sales per minute. Let's dig into the numbers.

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ideology aside, they make some very good PR

They immolate people per vehicle sold than the ford pinto. The have absurd numbers of points of failure; until a few years ago each door handle had over a dozen sensors and wires, all exposed to moisture and thermal cycling, and cost $500 each. They use a few hall effect sensors now, but still cost >$500.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The overall fire risk for EVs, (including most Teslas) is pretty low, but the Cybertruck is a huge outlier here.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not talking about all EVs, just Teslas. Most EVs don't have a tendency to lock the occupants inside after a bad crash.

Here's a random twitter user compiling news stories of Tesla deaths that prove it's at least double the Ford Pinto: https://xcancel.com/ton_aarts/status/1593557636695445505

And what one guy on twitter can find is hardly exhaustive.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, Tesla's safety record is horseshit, but:

They immolate people per vehicle sold than the ford pinto.

The report is that Teslas have the potential over time to be worse. 27 people died by fire in Pintos due to gas tank failure, pretty slim numerator vs. the denominator of millions sold, but it was made out to be a big deal at the time. I remember, I was there.