Ok fine one data point doesn’t reflect all of reality
But is it any better to pick ONE number from an article and post it as THE price when a table at your link shows that cherry picked data point to be misleading at best?
If we’re going to have a conversation about data sets though, shouldn’t we ensure that we’re comparing things that are actually alike in a relevant way? Fast cars have always had higher insurance rates; let’s compare Tesla’s to cars that accelerate as fast.
Oh wait, Heisman did that. Above the base model, the comparisons are just silly. They compared my performance 3 to a bmw that isn’t as fast, and costs much more to insure. There are Porsches that are closer to being a match for my car on the winding mountain roads where I live (though they cost twice what the Beamer does), but even they cannot handle the corners nearly as well as mine. Although my car is quicker, it manages that in spite of being much heavier. On the corners, that’s a good thing. It’s so heavy and has such a low center of gravity that it hugs corners at speeds that send other cars sliding. Maybe that’s why it costs less to insure than those other cars. It’s quicker AND safer.
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