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Study shows Tesla owners have most car accidents, but Ram has the worst drivers (www.techspot.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The bumpers are full of sensors, all pastic, and repairs are expensive.

This is the same for all semi-modern cars. Plastic bumbers, even without sensors in them, are surprisingly expensive even on cheaper cars. But the good thing about plastic bumbers, is that they are fairly elastic and most often just bounce back into shape after the amount of deformation a slight fender bender can cause. And scratches are only a cosmetic concern since they can't rust.

Also, Tesla removed the ultrasonic sensors from both front and rear bumpers a while back.