Tesla Insurance Rates Set To Spike As Cars Become Vandalism Targets

Now this kind of thing could actually be the downfall of Tesla. Good job people!
- I'm proud of my fellow Americans

Makes sense. They should make cars that don't spontaneously combust.

Some higher being observing Earth from a far distance must be intrigued by the pattern recognition of us destroying one specific car while completely ignoring the thousands of others.
Like, imagine when we look at single-cell organisms and see them swarm something. We’d never apply any kind of nuanced interpersonal/sociopolitical reasons to be the cause.
- The immune system reacting to a threat
  
  Yea, colonialism/imperialism share a lot of characteristics with parasites.
- If it works out it could be the template for a lot more action
  
  I think it goes Luigi > Tesla Removal > and some time down the road, we’ll be in what would later be historically considered a revolution— what’s crazy is with how interconnected we are today, it could be a global revolution of some kind.
- Same pattern of white blood cells recognizing a pathogen. Search and destroy
  
  Precisely. Makes you wonder what sociopolitical shit some amoeba are dealing with at the moment lol

I used to work in insurance. This might actually be the biggest blow to Testla, even more than stock prices. If people keep vandalizing the vehicles, eventually the insurance has to come due. And repair costs are not cheap, its basically only dealers and a limited number of repair places that partner.
And insurance companies always make sure they get their money.
- What kinds of vandalism are most costly to repair, without endangering the lives of drivers, passengers and people nearby? I want to see if those are mentioned in future news coverage.
  
  Paint probably.
  Also I would never support anything illegal. As the law requires.
  
  Rip off a sidepanel. Not even the smartest people on space x can fit a new one.
  
  Well, a 1:1 mixture of chlorine bleach and vinegar should damn near instantly and permanently corrode the steel. Don't breathe the fumes, but I have toyed with the idea of a squirt gun filled with instarust.
  
  Overnight, bologna can do some serious damage to paint, not sure what it might do to untreated aluminum.
  
  I wouldn't go after individual Tesla owners. It wasn't always like this. They adopted the earliest and cheapest (in the US) EV. I won't buy one now, but I would have three years ago.
  I understand the dealership thing. Are most of them directly corporate?
  
  Like others said, paint is expensive AF, but also the classic "Slash 3 tires" is expensive
  Extra expensive because Tesla's (Well, EVs in general I'm pretty sure) need special and more expensive tires due to the weight
  
  IIRC, if one or two tires, or all four tires are damaged, insurance will cover it. But insurance won't cover three tires being damaged if I understand correctly. So slash three tires per car.
  
  Tiny water balloons filled with brake fluid.
  
  I want to see if those are mentioned in future news coverage.
  In Minecraft, right?

Hahahahahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is fucking hilarious.
It turns out, property damage can solve a problem
- Could the Americans be figuring out how to protest properly?
  
  I wouldn't say this is properly, but at least they're finally starting to protest. This is teething while they figure it out.
- When it is targeted, not just smashing every window on some small business you happen to see.
- I won’t be the one to indulge in vandalism but i do want the company to fold… higher price of ownership is part of the decision process for prospective buyers… let’s just say i won’t judge those that do choose the dark side!

I assume people wear masks when doing it because of the monitoring cameras on Teslas
- The same cameras that drove one into a painting of a road? Only the best imaging.

Tesla had to create the own insurance because many companies and states won't insure the cyber truck.

So it's actually working!
That makes it more expensive to own a Tesla, and that's one more thing that will make it less attractive to buy, either new or used.
It's debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.
- It’s debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.
  I'd be real careful cheering vandalism / destruction of private property because you believe it achieves a political goal you agree with; eventually others will start doing do the same thing to further political goals that they agree with.
  
  Isn't that what they are already doing?
  With no regard for how it harms others!
  
  They already did that. Trumpers were literally burning down mail ballot boxes and shooting up power stations before the election.
  
  (Disclaimer: I'm not American.)
  Not to argue for vandalism, but with the US government illegally detaining and deporting people for saying things that right wingers don't like, I don't think the MAGA crowd retains significant reservations about engaging in vandalism themselves – it's just that so far they haven't spotted a target where it would serve their cause to do so, and because, with the federal government in their hands, Republicans have much more effective and ostensibly legal methods at their disposal. (Should Republicans be voted out of power eventually, there will most certainly be vandalism from the right, conceivably even widespread violence against people, but this will probably be the case irrespective of whether Teslas keep exploding due to vandalism or only due to bad engineering.)
  At this point, a perspective might be that it's no longer about "a political goal", but about preventing permanent loss of the ability of the people to achieve anything at all through democratic means.
  Still, though: Even with this in mind, it's utterly true that one should be careful about cheering for any such actions.
  
  eventually others will start doing do the same thing to further political goals that they agree with.
  I, too, remember January 6.

Guarantee the payouts dive as well, given falling market values.

Ironically, even without the vandalism these cars were ridiculously expensive to insure. When I bought my EV I checked insurance premiums, and it would’ve cost $100/mo more to insure a model 3 similarly priced EV from another maker.
this is what the fanbois never bragged about when the brand used to carry some level of prestige

Reminds me of the Kia and Hyundai challenge.
- Yup, my rates soared and insurance companies were dropping customers left and right. I had to abruptly trade it in and it definitely put me off buying Hyundai/Kia for the foreseeable future.
- What the heck is that?
  
  Basically those two manufacturers made cars that were easier to steal, and then it became a thing on TikTok.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Challenge

can people even insure wank trucks?

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