Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. Scherr’s statements echoed findings by insurance analysts at LexisNexis who found that, when vehicle owners switch from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars, they tend to crash more. Drivers also tend to crash somewhat more when switching to gas-powered vehicles, too, but the increase is more pronounced with EVs. Among privately owned electric vehicles, Teslas also make up the majority, given that they make up the majority of all new EVs sold in the US. That suggests there may be something about Teslas that’s causing people to crash more than other cars.

Source: CNN January 20, 2024 04:36 UTC