It’s easy to see how Tesla came up with this opaque and unaccountable plan. First they tell people Tesla insurance will be more efficient and less expensive. Second they create a complicated mess and charge people far more.

A potential class-action lawsuit filed in California claims that Tesla Insurance overcharged customers by incorporating erroneous forward-collision warning data, which allegedly triggered automatic safety score downgrades and led to higher premium costs.

The potential lawsuit, regarding claims of fake data used to scam customers, already has made a difference according to insurance industry news.

Tesla Insurance Services Inc. has eliminated forward-collision warnings as a metric in its Safety Score Beta program, which evaluates driver behavior to determine collision risk and influences insurance premiums. The update, reflected in the transition from version 2.1 to 2.2 of the Safety Score Beta, no longer includes these warnings in the calculation of a driver’s risk profile.

Think about the “safety” logic of a “collision warning”. It basically could have been programmed so Tesla would print money, raising rates on basis of a opaque “warning” without any burden of proof.

The latest leader board on car safety tests, specific to features protecting children, rates Polestar engineering significantly ahead of the competition.

The programme director at Euro NCAP, Dr. Aled Williams, said the Polestar’s performance was “tantalisingly close to a perfect score and shows how a commitment to the safety of all occupants can pay off in providing outstanding protection in the event of an accident. 

“Car makers continue to rise to the challenge of making our vehicles and roads safer, and Polestar deserves recognition for setting a new standard, no matter how small the improvement may seem.”

Polestar’s latest SUV wasn’t the only model under the microscope; the Cupra Terramar, BYD Sealion 7, Jaecoo 7 and Geely EX5 SUVs also netted five-star scores, as did the new Audi A6. Yet it’s important to note that despite these strong ratings, Euro NCAP did find some faults with many of these models.

The article even calls out Polestar engineers for preventing the car from locking when a child is inside. Think about a common sense feature getting called out as special, or unusual.

The attention to detail is perhaps notable, even if expected, because of so many horror stories about rescuers smashing windows to save kids trapped inside the infamous South African madman Tesla that German courts have ruled a death trap.

When Kassandra stepped out to disconnect the charger, her Tesla unexpectedly locked her out, with her 13-month-old baby boy, Liam Valenzuela, still inside. “I started banging as hard as I could, but it wouldn’t break,” the mom said. Tesla’s security cameras captured the dramatic ordeal.

A Tesla violently crashed on Taishan Avenue East in Yubei District, Chongqing at around 3:00 p.m. on April 6, adding another case to a notoriously questionable safety record.

The manufacturer with a troubling history of sudden unintended acceleration complaints in China, once again inexplicably accelerated to dangerous speeds, veered over large dirt mound in the median, launched into the air, and landed atop five parked vehicles.

Video evidence shows the missile-like Tesla riccocheted off at least one vehicle and lost a hubcap, as it accelerated towards a busy intersection. The vehicle catastrophically crushed a blue truck mid-flight, flipped multiple times, and ultimately bombed into parked luxury vehicles including Porsche and Audi.

The owner stepped out calmly despite their vehicle almost completely destroying a half dozen others, raising questions about causes of erratic behavior in a kamikaze-like event. Chinese authorities revealed Tesla data says no braking was recorded, an integrity failure pattern consistent with numerous other sudden acceleration crash investigations: drivers insist they hit the brakes while their Tesla only continues to accelerate more into a devastating crash.

Critics have demanded answers from Tesla about their single-pedal driving mode designed with fail-unsafe, a dangerous decision that has faced the most scrutiny in the Chinese market. Consumer advocates also criticize Tesla’s pattern of blaming drivers rather than addressing evidence of potential software or design flaws. The Chinese are expected to again raise serious concerns about company management competence and transparency regarding safety, given Tesla sudden unintended acceleration incidents aren’t slowing down.

Meanwhile, in America…

特斯拉在重庆渝北区泰山大道东部暴力碰撞事件

4月6日下午3点左右，一辆特斯拉在重庆渝北区泰山大道东部发生猛烈撞击，为其本已令人质疑的安全记录又添一例。

这家在中国有着突然意外加速投诉历史的制造商，其车辆再次无法解释地加速至危险速度，越过中央分隔带上的大型土堆，腾空而起，最终落在五辆停放的车辆之上。

视频证据显示，这辆如导弹般的特斯拉在撞向繁忙路口的过程中弹飞至少一辆车辆，轮毂盖脱落。该车在空中灾难性地撞毁一辆蓝色卡车，翻滚多次，最终如炸弹般砸向停放的豪华车辆，包括保时捷和奥迪。

尽管车主的车辆几乎完全毁坏了其他半打车辆，但车主却镇定地走出车外，这引发了人们对这种神风式事件原因的质疑。中国当局透露，特斯拉数据显示没有记录到刹车操作，这种数据完整性失败模式与其他多起突然加速事故调查一致：驾驶员坚称他们踩了刹车，而特斯拉却继续加速，导致毁灭性碰撞。

批评者要求特斯拉对其单踏板驾驶模式做出解释，认为其设计存在安全隐患，这一危险决定在中国市场面临最严格的审查。消费者倡导者也批评特斯拉习惯性地将责任归咎于驾驶员，而不是解决潜在软件或设计缺陷的证据。鉴于特斯拉突然意外加速事件并未减少，预计中国方面将再次对公司管理能力和安全透明度提出严重关切。

Another strange and sudden veered crash off the road by a Tesla.

On Sunday, around 10:36 p.m., a 22-year-old woman was driving a white Tesla Model 3 northbound on Interstate 805 to State Route 54 in Chula Vista, according to CHP.

For unknown reasons, the Tesla veered to the right and struck the attenuator on the highway, a structure similar to a guardrail installed at the ends of a concrete wall. The vehicle then collided with the guardrail in the auxiliary lane on the transition to SR-54, authorities said. A male passenger in the Tesla died in the crash,..