Tesla Model Y 2024 scores near-perfect in IIHS' crash tests

Still wouldn’t buy one

Given Elon’s shenanigans, and the continued lack of Android Auto / CarPlay, I’m eyeing the EV6, Ionic, or the smaller Volvo ex30. Although, I’ll be honest, the Model Y does a really good job of nailing price, size, and range.
- It'll need to be ionic for us. We're not people who can throw that much cash at a car.
- I ended up buying a Y in 2022 (worst time unfortunately but needed a car). Kia/Hyundai wanted $7500 over MSRP and the Ford dealer was even worse with markups ($12k over MSRP).
  I got an older generation of this MagSafe mount so I could use different mapping apps.
  I had an order for a Rivian R1S but it was more expensive and has the same anti-carplay/Android Auto nonsense so I just got my deposit back. I'm going to stick with the Y until it dies then I hope Porsche Macan EV isn't too unreasonable.
I have to allow an onboard camera. Fuck off Tesla.

I guess this is good considering that national data shows they get in a disproportionate amount of car accidents.

No it doesn't. That data was seriously flawed and even had an added disclaimer from the company saying it is solely the author's opinion.
- Looks like they used the same data that they use to provide insurance quotes, and then the article got popular, and they didn’t want to fight pissed off car manufacturers, so they chucked a disclaimer on the article.
That report listed stuff like "bicyclist collides with stationary parked and shut-off car" because they were super harsh on the assisted driving potential.
It's crap.
Really? Every study I've seen shows the opposite
- https://www.lendingtree.com/insurance/brand-incidents-study/
- The difference is this is the data for human driving only, teslas just being fast vehicles alone is gonna push the rates of unsafe drivers up.
Probably because you can't see out of the fucking thing.
You could hide an entire city behind those A pillars
That’s just because these drivers actually have insurance report their crashes. Unlike all the Nissan Altimas driving around town with temporary tags and no insurance
- Interesting concept, kinda a psudo suvivors bias. The same trends should hold for other high end vehicles as well right?
  https://insurify.com/car-insurance/insights/car-models-with-the-most-accidents-2023/
  Article mentions Subaru has several turbocharged models on list. Higher Tesla crashes maybe related to EV's higher acceleration?
  Edit: Added link and text
- I feel personally attacked
- That doesn’t explain why Telsa leads all brands, including brands with similar price points.

lol with the eye of elon focused on the cybertruck and twitter it looks like tesla putting good work into something. Not going to buy one while that lunatic is captaining that ship though.

Without some proof the build quality has improved I'm still skeptical. Steering wheels shouldn't be falling off and when they do they should insist on fixing it not that the driver broke it.

Hope so. Those doors and roofs keep flying off while the self-driving fails, they better perform real well on those crash tests.

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Yeah, I hear they crash real good.

So what are the odds that Tesla specially ordered and cherry picked the specific vehicles tested? With such loose part tolerances and god-awful welds spotted in the wild, I expect they made damn sure the test samples were built "right" without providing an accurate example of normal build quality.

This is a pretty big allegation to make without evidence.
The IIHS has no incentive to trust the manufacturers here. IIHS data is used to set insurance rates and encourage carmakers to design safer vehicles with respect to the occupants and pedestrians.
Other groups also rate it highly:
Euro NCAP: https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/Tesla/Model%20Y/46618
Same for the NHTSA: https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2021/TESLA/MODEL%252520Y%2525205-SEAT/SUV/AWD%252520Later%252520Release#safety-ratings-frontal
It’s simply a safe vehicle to be in during a collision.
Anecdotally, I’ve been rear-ended while stopped in traffic on a highway by a F150 going 30-35mph. It felt no worse than the “bump” you get on a wooden rollercoaster. Sure the back of the car was fucked up but the crumpling was brilliant.
- Not really an allegation, more an opinion and supposition. Tesla build quality is widely recognized to be inconsistent at best, and frequently just bad, and Tesla has acted in bad faith often enough that there's no reason to flatly assume they're going to act in good faith now. The question is whether or not safety tests are conducted with vehicles selected and provided by Tesla for the specific purpose of safety testing, or if they are acquired anonymously with no stated purpose.
  It might be a safe car, that's entirely possible, but with so bloody many problems with build quality, a "near perfect score" deserves to be examined more closely. If they can't even keep their construction consistent, I don't have any faith that the crash performance would somehow be consistently near perfect. The question is whether the car is "near perfect" when it's built Right, or whether the one you get will be up to the same level.