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> Under collision and property damage liability coverages, the seven electric vehicles with exact conventional counterparts had lower claim frequencies and higher claim severities than their comparison vehicles.

I bet the higher frequency of claims is either because people who buy electrics are worse drivers or simply more litigious. Probably both.




>I bet the higher frequency of claims is either because people who buy electrics are worse drivers or simply more litigious. Probably both.

I think you should re-read what you are quoting. My reading is that the electric cars that were not made by Tesla had fewer claims than their ICE counterparts.


Indeed. I misread it as “higher” on both. In that case it’d be the reverse, with electric drivers being statistical better drivers.




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