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Published on January 6th, 2019 |

by Zachary Shahan

Breaking! Tesla Gigafactory 3 Groundbreaking In China In A Few Hours [Updated]

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January 6th, 2019 by Zachary Shahan

We have been obsessively tracking the progress of Tesla Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, China — thanks in large part to info our friend Vincent on Twitter gathers. Now he has news that Tesla is about to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Gigafactory 3 (GF3) in 7 hours.

As you can see in the tweet, Elon Musk has arrived in China for the ceremony.

As we collect more information — most likely from Vincent — we’ll update this story.

As a reminder, the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y will initially be produced at GF3, perhaps as early as the end of 2019. For much more background on the giant battery and electric car factory, scroll through our GF3 archives.

UPDATES: We have a few new tweets from Elon about the news:

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Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these particular companies and feels like they are good cleantech companies to invest in. But he offers no professional investment advice and would rather not be responsible for you losing money, so don't jump to conclusions.

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A Tesla-Certified Repair Shop in Colorado — Behind The Scenes

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A Tesla-Certified Repair Shop in Colorado — Behind The Scenes

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Originally published on EVANNEX.
By Kay Talley

A unique opportunity came our way to see damaged cars up close, personal and naked at Stuttgart Auto Body, Denver’s premier Tesla collision repair facility. Attendees from Denver Tesla Club visited to gain insight into the structure of Tesla’s vehicles — and what can possibly go wrong while out on the road.

A Tesla Model X having met with a deer. Sadly, the deer would not have had the same outcome as the Model X will. (Image via Stuttgart Auto Body)

Stuttgart is certified by Porsche, Mercedes — and Tesla. The main focus of the Englewood facility is the latter. Although it is sad to see a parking lot full of triaged vehicular friends awaiting admission to the ER, the care and attention indoors for them is nothing less than spectacular. State Farm expert, Austin Domsch, was also on hand to explain coverage of that little “incident.”

A Model S P100D — witnessed in repair — will shortly be returned to owner after a significant front-end “ouch.” (Images via Stuttgart Auto Body)

Accidents happen. How they are taken care of is an eye-opener into the vehicle and the overall construction of Models S, X and 3. The crumple zone up front is a testament to a Tesla’s life-saving abilities. Tesla is possibly the most complicated of vehicles to work on, but Stuttgart has made a massive investment in all Tesla-approved equipment that is necessary and continues to grow with the company to keep up with the electric carmaker’s continually evolving technology.

A Tesla Model 3 front-end with structural fracture. What’s in there? A great opportunity to get more insight. The coolant you see in the Model 3 is also BMW’s — rather than Tesla branding it. It’s pretty much a generic for luxury vehicles. Makes sense. Why reinvent the wheel? (Image via Stuttgart Auto Body)

Tesla Fremont hands-on trained technicians are passionate about returning a car to an owner in pre-accident condition. Using only Tesla OEM and diagnostics, they make it happen.

Denver Tesla Club members, including winners of the EVANNEX Tesla car cover raffle, and Stuttgart’s luxury packages of in-vehicle beverage containers — all enjoying this special club event. (Image via Stuttgart Auto Body)

From 3M insane automotive adhesive, riveting under equally insane pressure to meet Tesla’s over-and-beyond safety ratings, an owner can feel completely safe in the vehicle, post-collision. Good as new.

Kay Talley is a long-time Tesla Model S owner and member of the Denver Tesla Club. Kay was kind enough to send along an overview and photos from this event to EVANNEX.

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1/5 Luxury Cars Sold in USA in 2018 = Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Model S

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Published on January 3rd, 2019 |

by Zachary Shahan

1/5 Luxury Cars Sold in USA in 2018 = Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Model S

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January 3rd, 2019 by Zachary Shahan

As I just reported, the Tesla Model 3 was the #11 best selling car in the USA in 2018. As reported earlier today, in December, the Tesla Model 3 was the #1 top selling car in the USA that was produced by an American car company.

But that’s just the beginning of notable Tesla sales results.

In the month of December, Tesla sold more luxury cars than all other automakers. In fact, it accounted for approximately 30% of luxury car sales. Tesla sold more luxury sedans than BMW and Audi combined, more than Mercedes-Benz and Lexus combined. It absolutely crushed the luxury car competition.

Luxury Car Brand
December 2018 US Sales
Segment Share

Acura Cars
3,988
4%

Audi Cars
9,047
10%

BMW Cars
17,428
18%

Buick (est.)
2,388
3%

Cadillac (est.)
2,268
2%

Infiniti Cars
4,681
5%

Jaguar Cars (est.)
1,000
1%

Lexus Cars
9,551
10%

Lincoln Cars
3,044
3%

Mercedes-Benz Cars
15,482
16%

Volvo
966
1%

Tesla Cars (est.)
28,670
30%

TOTAL
94,526
100%

In terms of all luxury vehicles — SUVs and crossovers included — Tesla was #4 in December, just a bit behind Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and BMW … despite not having a crossover/CUV on the market.

Luxury Auto Brand
December 2018 US Sales
Market Share

Acura
16,774
7%

Audi
22,765
9%

BMW
34,357
14%

Buick (est.)
20,503
8%

Cadillac (est.)
16,585
7%

Infiniti
18,065
7%

Jaguar Land Rover
14,079
6%

Lexus
35,524
14%

Lincoln
11,526
5%

Mercedes-Benz
36,254
14%

Volvo
8,826
4%

Tesla (est.)
31,970
13%

TOTAL
250,454
100%

If you look at the full year, naturally, Tesla didn’t perform as well — it spent most of the year ramping up production. Nonetheless, approximately 1 out of 5 luxury car sales were Teslas (the Model 3 or the Model S).

Luxury Car Brand
2018 US Sales
Segment Share

Acura Cars
43,842
5%

Audi Cars
97,071
11%

BMW Cars
193,465
22%

Buick Cars
33,781
4%

Cadillac Cars
31,746
4%

Infiniti Cars
48,259
5%

Jaguar Cars (est.)
11,000
1%

Lexus Cars
92,660
11%

Lincoln Cars
28,610
3%

Mercedes-Benz Cars
150,147
17%

Volvo Cars
21,456
2%

Tesla Cars (est.)
169,390
19%

TOTAL
877,585
100%

Across all types of luxury vehicles — SUVs and crossovers included — approximately 1 out of 10 sales were Tesla sales (Model 3, Model S, or Model X).

Luxury Auto Brand
2018 US Sales
Market Share

Acura
158,934
7%

Audi
223,323
10%

BMW
311,014
14%

Buick
206,863
9%

Cadillac
154,702
7%

Infiniti
149,280
7%

Jaguar Land Rover
122,626
6%

Lexus
298,310
14%

Lincoln
103,587
5%

Mercedes-Benz
315,959
14%

Volvo
98,263
5%

Tesla (est.)
197,680
9%

TOTAL
2,181,607
100%

This company is 15 years old. The Model S hit the market 6½ years ago.

Can you spell disruption? More importantly, can luxury automaker execs and shareholders spell disruption, and can they see it coming?

The good news is that these competing automakers are getting more serious about electrification — a bit more serious. The bad news (for them as well as humanity) is that they’re still moving too slowly and are years behind Tesla in critical ways.

The other good news is that Tesla is moving down market and is broadening its vehicle offerings into the crossover and pickup categories in order to pull in more buyers. The other bad news is that conventional automakers don’t seem well prepared to compete with their own highly compelling and widely available electric options in those classes. I don’t say this often, but the next few years are going to be interesting. Tesla getting up to 250,000–400,000 sales a year is an explosion, but it’s not putting any competitors into bankruptcy. Reaching 1–2 million thanks to the introduction of an electric crossover (Model Y) and electric pickup could be another story.

If you would like to buy a Tesla and want the benefits that come with a referral, feel free to use my referral code — http://ts.la/tomasz7234 — or not.

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40 Steps & 90 Minutes To Produce Tesla Model 3

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Published on December 30th, 2018 |

by Matt Pressman

40 Steps & 90 Minutes To Produce Tesla Model 3

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December 30th, 2018 by Matt Pressman

Originally published on EVANNEX.

As Tesla’s production ramp for the Model 3 continues to improve, so does its process. Part of this can be attributed to engineering efficiencies. Business Insider reports, “After a recent visit to the company’s Fremont, California factory, analyst Pierre Ferragu of New Street Research, far and away Tesla’s most bullish analyst on Wall Street, said the sedan is ‘biblical’ in its simplicity.”

A look at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California (Image via Tesla)

“We could see the Model 3 assembled, from an empty body to a fully functional car in a bit more than 40 steps and 90 minutes, on a line about 1,000 feet long,” Ferragu said in a note to clients. “Its simplicity is unbelievable.”

In contrast, “A comparable car by any traditional automaker could take anywhere from 130 to 200 steps, Ferragu says, easily setting the Model 3 apart. The findings are similar to what UBS’ Evidence Lab found when tearing down a Model 3 earlier this year, finding ‘next-gen, military grade’ tech below the finish.”

As production picks up at Tesla’s factory, more Model 3s are hitting the roads.

“Model 3 has a bit more than a kilometer of cable, vs. 3x that for equivalent traditional premium cars. But this still feels half-baked,” Ferragu said. “Ultimately, a car with a battery, a motor or two and a screen should have 2 power systems (high and low voltage) and one communication network. For that, about 100m of cabling per car should be necessary.”

Ferragu acknowledges Tesla has plenty of room for improvement. A “crowded mess” and “unnecessary complexity” are still evident from Tesla’s early ramp phase of the company’s Model 3 production process, according to Barron’s. However, as production steadily improves, Ferragu says, “The road to 7,000 units per week seems easy, and limited capital expenditures will be required (in the low tens of millions) to get to 10,000.”

More on Analyst Pierre Ferragu’s observations of the Tesla Model 3 production line at the company’s Fremont factory (YouTube: Wochit Tech)

“We don’t know for sure what demand will ultimately be, but we know that from here, Tesla will expand its price range, introduce leasing, and expand internationally,” Ferragu notes. “All these levers combined have a lot of depth and should be more than enough to get to 10,000 Model 3 per week at the end of next year.”

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More Insight Into Tesla’s New Board Chair, Robyn Denholm

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Published on December 29th, 2018 |

by Matt Pressman

More Insight Into Tesla’s New Board Chair, Robyn Denholm

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December 29th, 2018 by Matt Pressman

Originally published on EVANNEX.

Questions arose when Tesla announced its new board chair, Robyn Denholm. How might the seasoned executive interface with Tesla’s hard-charging CEO Elon Musk? Richard Walters (via Financial Times) reports that “Ms Denholm has always described herself as direct — the product of a pragmatic Australian upbringing that has left her with a no-nonsense view of the world.”

It’s reported that, “Ms Denholm grew up in Milperra, a small town in Sydney’s sprawling western suburbs. Her parents owned a service station, where she used to pump petrol, do the accounts and repair cars — a pursuit that got her interested in automobiles.” Denholm went on to work at “Toyota in Australia, where she rose to the position of national finance manager and became one of the few women to reach a senior level at the time.”

Later, “Ms. Denholm left Australia for Silicon Valley,” transitioning into the tech sector working with the likes of Sun Microsystems and Juniper Networks. And according to Pierre Ferragu, a Wall Street analyst who covered Juniper Networks, “She has a proven record for dealing with very high-ego individuals.”

Ferragu says, “Robyn is the exact opposite: she can remain very calm, very stable. She is a less visible personality, but she’s very good at driving things without having to be in the lead.” He adds, “She has a quiet self-confidence … very on top of what was happening in the business.”

Denholm was recently named Tesla’s new board chair (Photo by Jakob Härter, CC BY-SA license)

Denholm has taken calculated risks in her career to succeed. “I don’t jump out of planes or bungee jump or any of that stuff,” she told The Australian. “But I do take professional risks. You make the best decisions you can with all the information you have — and you have to move quickly. You’re not pushing hard enough if you never make mistakes.”

Denholm has been on Tesla’s board for four years, serving as non-executive director and chairing the board’s audit committee. In the Australian Financial Review, she was asked about her experience at Tesla and replied, “It’s great, and he [Musk] is great, he’s just phenomenal.”

In turn, Musk has admiration (and praise) for Denholm. He tweeted, “Would like to thank Robyn for joining the team. Great respect. Very much look forward to working together.” According to Tesla, “Robyn will be leaving her role as CFO and Head of Strategy at Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company,” in order to serve as Tesla’s new board chair on a full-time basis.

Denholm describes how “constructive conflict” can improve collaboration (YouTube: Telstra Wholesale)

The road ahead for the electric carmaker won’t be easy. Musk has noted that, “Tesla’s like a drama magnet.” But Denholm welcomes conflict. She’s openly discussed nurturing conflict while “teasing out those ideas” that bring about successful outcomes. At Telstra (see video above), she said, “I actually think conflict is great … I mean constructive conflict where you’ll actually debate around an idea or go backward and forwards on how to iterate on an idea. I think that’s really important.”

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Tesla Model 3 vs. Losing Luxury Gasmobiles … Tesla Model 3 Easter Egg Fun … How To Best Charge A Tesla — #CleanTechnica Top 20

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Published on December 17th, 2018 |

by Zachary Shahan

Tesla Model 3 vs. Losing Luxury Gasmobiles … Tesla Model 3 Easter Egg Fun … How To Best Charge A Tesla — #CleanTechnica Top 20

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December 17th, 2018 by Zachary Shahan

A Tesla Model 3 sales report, a Tesla Model 3 easter egg, and a note about how to best charge your Tesla overnight took home the gold, silver, and bronze medals this past week.

Also topping the charts: other Tesla news, other Tesla news, electric bike regulations, other Tesla news, and Tesla hypotheticals. Read on after the Tesla photo for more details and to read the most popular stories of last week here on CleanTechnica.

Tesla Model 3 Completely Crushing US Luxury Car Competition — 10 CleanTechnica Charts
Tesla Drops A New Model 3 Easter Egg, Hints At More On The Way
How Much Should You Charge Your Tesla Overnight To Keep Your Battery Healthy & Software Sane?
Tesla Gigafactory Pays Big Dividends For Nevada
Electric Bikes Are Triggering Mixed Regulatory Action Globally
UBS Declares That “Tesla Has Won The Race And Leads The Championship” With EVs
Forget Tesla Buying A GM Factory, Tesla Could Buy GM
Tesla’s Q4 Revenue, Earnings Per Share, & Deliveries — CleanTechnica Estimates & A Bet For Mr. Einhorn
Honda, NASA, & Caltech Claim Fluoride Battery Breakthrough
Canada Man Drives On Sunshine With Solar & His Tesla Model 3
The City Of Medford To Save $11,000 Per Year With New Rooftop Solar System
Breaking: Tesla Allows Use Of Referral Codes On European Model 3 Orders, But With A Twist
CleanTechnica Survey Respondents Love E-Bikes & Have Money: Part 2
Elon Musk Forced To Defend “An Incredible American Success Story” On 60 Minutes — Shame On You, CBS
Ch…Ch…Ch…Changes — How GM, Ford, & Volkswagen Are Reacting To The Electric Car Revolution
CleanTechnica Survey Respondents Love E-Bikes & Have Money: Part 1
8minutenergy Renewables Completes 328 Megawatt Solar Farm, Celebrates By Being Bought Out By Co-Founder
60 Minutes Should Release All Footage From Elon Musk Interview— Plus, More Context From Tesla & A Leaked Transcript
#Pravduh About #Tesla — 3 Month Review Of Top Publishers
Tesla Model S & Tesla Model X Hold Their Value Better Than Gasmobile Competitors

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Bloomberg: To Catch Up To Tesla, Big Auto Needs “Tricky Financial Stunt”

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Bloomberg: To Catch Up To Tesla, Big Auto Needs “Tricky Financial Stunt”

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December 28th, 2018 by Matt Pressman

Originally published on EVANNEX.

As Tesla’s Model 3 continues to gain market share, legacy automakers face some daunting decisions. Bloomberg warns, “The future of the auto industry is going to look like the history of the cell phone … some of today’s dominant car companies will share the fate of a few former titans of the smartphone. Remember BlackBerry, Nokia, and Palm?”

Tesla’s current lineup (Photo by Zach Shahan for CleanTechnica)

“Who will be the winners in the electric car race? Who knows?” said Mike Ramsey, senior director of research at Gartner Inc. “The incumbents could be, or they could be cut out entirely.”

Unlike Tesla, legacy automakers are still dragging their feet when it comes to electric vehicles. Karl Brauer, executive publisher for Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book notes that automakers who ignore electric cars altogether could be “completely left behind. If you ignore it and act like the market is never going to be ready, then you’re setting yourself up for real trouble.”

Making the commitment to an all-electric future, Bloomberg notes, “Tesla Inc. appears to have that advantage … [meanwhile] non-Tesla options in electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt, and BMW i3 aren’t selling particularly well.” Furthermore, Bloomberg New Energy Finance analyst Colin McKerracher forecasts, “There will be a very long tail of EV models that don’t sell especially well.”

BMW i3 vs. Tesla Model 3 (Photo by Zach Shahan for CleanTechnica)

There are other challenges too. According to Bloomberg, “for the next decade or so, old-school car executives will try to pull off a tricky financial stunt: driving returns with gasoline engines until their electric models have enough momentum to start keeping pace. They are essentially using an old technology to fund the transition to the next, and the timing is fraught. Jump to the electric drivetrain too soon and the whole works will grind to a halt; jump too late and lose the EV race.”

In contrast, more recent “startups such as Tesla, critically, don’t have to make this awkward jump … they don’t have to worry about feeding a legacy business as it slowly winds down.”

The Silicon Valley automaker has other key advantages too. “At Tesla, the sexy sedan is just the start. The company has thrived, in part, because it deals directly with consumers and allows everyone to build the exact car that they’d like to own. Tesla’s cars are also undergoing constant improvement with over-the-air software updates, essentially scrapping the whole concept of a model year,” reports Bloomberg.

This one. (Photo by Zach Shahan for CleanTechnica)

They literally do everything differently,” Ramsey says. Meanwhile, he contrasts that with incumbent manufacturers who “seem to be thinking of electric vehicles as just changing the powertrain. If there’s a big switch over to EVs, these companies may need to … change the entire way that they think about the market.”

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Published on December 18th, 2018 |

by Zachary Shahan

Tesla Model 3 Performance Price = 50% of BMW M3 Price in China

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December 18th, 2018 by Zachary Shahan

If the BMW 3 Series seems to be in trouble in the US due to the Tesla Model 3, it appears it might have a much bigger problem in China. The Tesla Model 3 Long Range is already at the top of the price range of a BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and lower-trim options should eventually arrive to compete with those models’ lower-trim options.

Additionally, at the highest end, the Tesla Model 3 Performance crushes the prices of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz AMG C 63 — as in, it’s approximately half the price of those premium-class competitors.

Don’t let the prices fool you, though — the Tesla Model 3 offers superior performance. As our friend Vincent, who shared all of this info with us, points out, the Tesla Model 3 Performance is even quicker than the BMW M4.

As Vincent shares, the prices of midsize luxury sedans in China (in USD) are as follows:

Audi A4 — $43,000–60,000
BMW 3 Series — $42,000–72,000
Mercedes-Benz C-Class — $46,000–72,000
Tesla Model 3 Long Range — $72,000

As far as the performance versions, you get:

BMW M3 — $162,000
BMW M4 — $184,000
Mercedes-Benz AMG C 63 — $173,623
Tesla Model 3 Performance — $81,160

Here are the original tweets about these comparisons:

In addition to those comparisons, Vincent highlighted that prices for the Tesla Model S and Model X dropped notably in the past week:

Taking into account huge fuel and operational savings from driving a Tesla Model 3 rather than a BMW or a Mercedes, as well as the many extra benefits of an electric car and especially a Tesla, I have to agree with Vincent’s comment that “I can’t find a reason to buy BMW … sorry, just can’t.” However, same goes for Mercedes, Audi, etc.

Expect a good first quarter for Tesla in China.

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Published on December 18th, 2018 |

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Tesla’s New Christmas Easter Eggs Stink

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December 18th, 2018 by Kyle Field

Tesla continues to drop easter egg bombs on owners, and this time, they stink. Well, they would if Tesla had Smell-o-Vision, but thankfully they don’t (yet?) and simply add to the ambience of the in-car experience.

Tesla has delivered on the promise of new easter eggs with a Fart Mode that allows owners to choose from a variety of options of fart sound effects and what they want to use them for. Who wouldn’t want their $100,000 car to make fart noises when they turn the blinkers on? Actually, that might be a fun setting for Valet Mode…

The new easter eggs come with the latest version of Tesla’s firmware (v48.12), delivering on Elon’s promise to bring some toilet humor and a romance mode to the in-car experience with a future update. As it turns out, Romance Mode came in the form of a new fireplace easter egg that turns waiting at a Supercharger for the car to charge into a more intimate experience. Just add flowers and some window shades and who knows what could happen.

The new easter eggs continue Tesla’s trend of adding fun perks to the car that take things to the next level. Romance Mode also kicks on the heat and puts on mood-making music. You’d be surprised what a bit of Barry White or Marvin Gaye could do to set the mood.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the new perks would be coming, but now that they have arrived, I’m left wondering why. They feel a lot like memes that people scroll through on social media. Sure, it’s fun to talk about and fun to see, but do I really want it pinned to my car in perpetuity? Nah.

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Accidents happen. It sucks. But with a Tesla, you have extra protection to help keep you out of one.

As you’ll see below, a collision in front of a Tesla caused the car’s automatic emergency braking system to kick in, keeping one bad accident from getting much worse. Thanks to Tesla’s recent dashcam update, the whole thing was caught by the TeslaCam.

The video serves as a poignant reminder about how quickly Tesla’s network of sensors is evolving and just how good it is at preventing accidents. The mainstream media might report on anything that remotely resembles a fire as if the company were approaching a cliff at high speed, but the near misses thanks to Tesla’s advanced hardware and software inevitably go unreported.

Thankfully, Tesla’s new dashcam feature is able to capture some of these near misses and the excerpts we get show just how good the system is at preventing accidents. In this case, a stopped car forced an unusual merge. That, combined with insufficient following distances for human drivers, resulted in a collision between the two cars ahead of the Tesla. The Tesla reacted almost instantaneously to the change and prevented a two-car accident from becoming a three-car pile-up (or worse).

Looking through the comments on the Reddit thread, you can see multiple accounts of similar stories from commenters. The most impressive part of the tech to me is that the system not only looks at the car in front of it, but is often able to see two cars ahead for potential slowing or dangerous behavior and then reacts to that.

One Redditor noted that, “A few weeks into having the car I was driving with AP on. My car braked hard for no apparent reason. A second later the car in front of my slammed on its breaks. It was a big SUV so I couldn’t see around it. Turns out there was a stopped car making a left in our lane and the driver in front of me wasn’t paying attention.”

That’s freaking cool and adds real value by avoiding what would otherwise be definite accidents. My family and I have thankfully not had any close calls that required the use of the AEB system, but I regularly get help from the early detection setting on the forward-collision warning system. With this setting, it beeps at me loudly when the vehicle in front of me is slowing down and I am still accelerating. The early setting gives me enough warning that I can start slowing down without having to slam on the brakes, which could lead to getting rear ended from the next driver in line.

These features work together in a car that Tesla’s third quarter safety data imply is 4 times safer than the average non-Tesla vehicle, according to data from the US NHTSA. With Enhanced Autopilot engaged, Tesla’s vehicles are seemingly 7 times safer than the average US driver. That’s impressive and meaningful. Even if the possibility of getting hurt isn’t threatening enough, being able to avoid the headaches associated with an accident might be worth upgrading.

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