The French insurance company Axa has found that high quality electric cars Compared to combustion vehicles significantly more involved in accidents. The problem lies with the drivers.
August 23, 2019, 8:17 am,
Andreas Donath
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The high torque and the strong acceleration of many expensive electric cars indirectly provide insurers with greater damage than incurring with gasoline vehicles. The drivers obviously do not handle the performance of the cars very well. Axa claims for one Report of the news agency ReutersThat electric SUVs and luxury electric cars cause 40% more accidents than those with internal combustion engines.
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Axa bases his conclusions on his own damage data. Smaller electric cars like the Renault Twizy or the Smart Electric Drive are less endangered, so Axa.
However, Axa can not confirm that electric vehicles cause up to two thirds more accidents involving pedestrians or cyclists, according to a study from the US ( PDF) wants to prove.
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