2017 BMW i3 Vs 2016 Tesla Model S - Crash Test

IIHS: Tesla Model S, BMW i3 fall short in recent crash tests
The Chevy Volt and Toyota Prius Prime are still the safest plug-in picks.
To be an IIHS Top Safety Pick, cars must achieve a "good" rating in the five crash tests, and have an "advanced" or "superior" available front crash prevention system. Having headlights rated "good" or "acceptable" give it the "plus" rating. While plug-in vehicles like the Toyota Prius Prime and the Chevrolet Volt have earned the IIHS 2017 Top Safety Pick+ award, the recently evaluated Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 come up short.
In the small overlap front crash test, the Tesla's safety belt didn't prevent the dummy's head from hitting the steering wheel through the airbag. The IIHS also noted a possible leg injury in that test. Tesla said it would fix this issue in cars produced beginning January 26, so now its IIHS' turn to smash the car up again to see if its rating improves.
Interestingly, the P100D variant only earns an "acceptable" rating in the rollover test. The roof strength is no different from the rest of the Model S lineup, which are rated "good," but the weight of its big battery puts more stress on the structure while shiny-side-down. Finally, its headlights get a "poor" rating from the IIHS.
The BMW i3's biggest shortcoming is in its head restraints. In a rear-end collision, it only gets an "acceptable" rating, which puts occupants at a greater risk of a neck injury. The IIHS laments that the i3 is the only vehicle in the small car category that doesn't get a "good" rating in this test. The i3's headlights also miss the mark, as the only option gets an "acceptable" rating.
"There's no reason that the most efficient vehicles can't be among the safest," says David Zuby, IIHS chief research officer. If you're wondering about the Chevrolet Bolt, the IIHS says it'll obliterate examples of it in the name of safety later this year.
"small, moderate overlap IIHS crash test 2016"
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[@MED-CARS]

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[@walimo6810]

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[@summerskunk]

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[@Sensei904]

автор, я пожаловался на это видео (жестокие или отталкивающие сцены) так как меня чуть удар не хватил когда я увидел как бьют новую теслу и чуть не умер от зависти :((( author, I complained about this video (brutal or repulsive scenes) because I was a little pissed when I saw how they beat the new tesla and almost died of envy: (((

[@LexaMofo]

Really? no one noticed the poor insect flying on 2:30 ??

[@cs8281]

i think it was a dragonfly

[@done7367]

Blejaci it was a wasp or a bee

[@emilcreutzer6723]

Blejaci om

[@emilcreutzer6723]

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[@theconformist2399]

probably was like ofuk ofuk ofuk ofuk fuck me at that moment

[@ToastedFanArt]

Why do so many people keep pointing out it's the model without the auto pilot? It doesn't really matter during a *crash* test...

[@DiecastShowcase]

True...

[@voetbal12]

Whooosh

[@deem3365]

The ai gotta learn the pain of a car crash. How else can it keep us safe?

[@maxd4968]

Yeah they only test the base models with base equipment

[@Qwertworks]

I still find it impressive how fast the airbags deploy!

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

The engineering that goes into modern cars is nothing short of amazing. A high-five to all the engineers.

[@thehuskydog4815]

The music was annoying

[@AeroconX]

Mr Wolfz KZbin came out with a revolutionary new feature that allows you to control the volume of a video

[@willdarling1]

I wish there was a new feature to control comments like yours Riley.

[@hytga]

not really

[@seancharles9703]

Thank god youtube has a mute button :) you should've used it

[@zioxei]

it's stuck in my head now

[@WiseWik]

BM was like: "Fuck your small overlap, here's a door and a wheel. I'm gone!"

[@cyjan3k823]

Gernuts tesla is like Look your head fits in gap between airbag And chasis

[@wojciechmuras553]

That was very impressive. One great design!

[@Mabeylater293]

🤣🤣

[@SerhanOgan]

How did you convince the car to hit the barrier in the first place? Lol.

[@Zack-yx5nl]

The avoidance solution can be disabled for such experiments. They test it with it on and off as part of their rating process.

[@davidbeppler3032]

The point he was trying to make Zach was the TESLA will avoid the crash... the BMW will not.

[@yognut72]

classic frog in the pot method, you take out the brains before you heat the water :)

[@SilverSlayer23]

But it was off on the results for some reason.

[@m1aws]

Bring on hydrogen I say.

[@attackhelicopter2900]

they both suck .. they keep crashing

[@BorisMakingTea]

Attack Helicopter obviously it's a crash test

[@nyameaamagambrah8550]

😂😂

[@GangsterDolphins]

Jordan WHOOOSHHH

[@skyeplaysgames6734]

Jordan r/woosh

[@markplott4820]

keep burning - ICE cars have fires 75,000 times a year in America.

[@anthonytromp6265]

How can a company like BMW make such a terrible looking car.

[@boostwars6912]

Tesla ist poo kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmmmgmmmiM2WZqs

[@jackpez]

But it looks cool?

[@grendelum]

It’s the move to make EVs that _”stand out”_ because the marketing wanks figure that’s what people want... which is wrong as the i3 is a frelling *_hideous_* monstrosity.

[@jackpez]

orion khan not true, and your opinion

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

BMW fossil fuel sedans are beautiful. i3 is horrible looking. It's also horrible driving. i3 has thin tires and tippy, bouncy suspension. i3 drives nothing like a proper BMW. BMW makes excellent cars, however i3 is very bad. BMW is a fantastic company. i3 is poor.

[@markusgapel9237]

02:14 That must be painfull for a rear seat passenger in a Tesla. You see the red coulour on the side roof?

[@wojciechmuras553]

I think that's just the headliner. Underneath, it looks like there's an airbag there, not car's structure.

[@zezizarjaars]

Didn't expect the BMW to be more safe

[@tm290510]

Qualität und Sicherheit hat einen Namen BMW

[@alviyunitasari3737]

0:43 BMW i3: "Oh we crashed? Lets just keep going."

[@satoau1]

so just claim the other two cars are better without showing their crash tests? also why is auto-braking assumed to be safe? i have it on my car and it's extremely dangerous, often braking in situations it has mis-understood to be dangerous (sharp bends and lane-changing of both my car and others into my lane, for example) and put my car and its occupants in harm's way.

[@LunnarisLP]

ikr, was pretty cringy

[@Teboski78]

Of course the BMW did well in the first test. It didn't even cancel out all of it's velocity with the collision. It skidded off and had its door peal off in the process before continuing to move forward.

[@Justin-lc8wk]

Teboski78 before continuing onto whatever is there for it to hit again, possibly oncoming traffic.

[@MiguelSucksAtUrbanism]

@@Justin-lc8wk r/wooosh

[@Badanon]

You mean it redirected the force instead of making the full force of the impact be felt by the driver? It's a safer impact. What comes after that is where more testing applies. Personally I prefer the bmw.

[@pearsy85]

It was also just the plastic outer door skin that pealed off. I think it bounced off due to the carbon plastic reinforced tube. Much safer result, as it didn’t have to absorb the impact. Also, on the frontal, the windscreen didn’t even break, showing no deformation of the structure.

[@adamfink5294]

I think the whiplash issue and the headlight issue was fixed by Tesla.

[@namast3127]

Yea, i think so too.

[@marcus8036]

Adam Fink what was the headlight issue

[@Jack-hx8yz]

Marcus Not very bright

[@cameronbyers3149]

Did nobody mention that they jacked up the ratings for safety? I would also like to mention that after this crash tests, Tesla took the negative feedback and made it so that their cars would still remain at a 5 star safety rating in every category, including sub categories.

[@placerdemaio]

And this is not 2017 tesla cars, it doesnt have the auto pilot 2.0, this whole video is 2016.

[@nambinhvu]

Just look at the labels on the cars. It says 2016, the video title is wrong. lol

[@purplelimetree1218]

Can you read? Appearently not, it says 2017BMW vs 2016 Tesla

[@kam_iko]

Cam Byers they've retested with the new model s (after tesla improvements). they still 'failed' and didn't get the highest score.

[@kylecoolky1189]

Cam Byers the Tesla model S is the safest car in the world with a 5.4 out of 5 stars. No, that was no a typo. 5.4. The tesla model X is the safest SUV in the world and the 2nd safest car in the world. I don’t know about you but Tesla seems to be on a roll.

[@khalil9611]

I love how the moment of impact the BMW kept cruising down the road! Meanwhile the Tesla stopped instantly

[@Padillajuan9]

The i3s body is pretty much all carbon fiber mates

[@placerdemaio]

This is not 2017 tesla cars, it doesnt have the auto pilot 2.0, this whole video is 2016.

[@alikhoobiary6595]

I agree. Just a tip. If you copy/paste a comment multiple times it will get detected as spam and not shown to anyone without you even knowing.

[@ckm-mkc]

In order to earn a rating for 2017, you can pretty much only test 2016 models since 2017 are not yet available, hence the title. Esp. if you are releasing said video early in the year....

[@placerdemaio]

ck m The title says ''Vs 2017 tesla model S'', mislead people that thinks that the quality right now are like this, and in the original video they raised the test level for a higher standard, so that was obviously impossible for the company to predict them, in that old model that was tested shown in the video.

[@wingren13]

so then how does the I3 say 2017.

[@ninedakom]

kor'vre because like a lot of model year cars bmw started production and sales of their 2017 model in 2016. Tesla only sells their cars to represent the year that they are made. Cheers.

[@x9466x]

2 COMPLETELY different cars.

[@amansaleem5859]

ikr with a year difference aswell

[@birkenmaster6454]

4stars tesla/ 5stars bmw. its a different dead of alive at 20kmh more

[@sumedalpaca]

@@birkenmaster6454 wasent it 4 star for both

[@BloodBlight]

I feel the comment about the advanced safety system being an addon is very misleading... The feature is not available on the newer Teslas as the software is not ready (being released this week). All cars ship with the hardware and will have the features even if you don't order the auto pilot feature. Also, the older autopilot cars (AP1) do have this feature and they recently revealed that on its software release for those cars accidents involving the air bags dropped by 40%.

[@seancollins9745]

those side impact results are actually very good imho, I highly doubt the prius or volt did better in side impact or offset frontal

[@coltykuu]

Honestly, in the front end collision it looks like there would be less of an impact on the driver in yhe I3

[@Yan-nw7vt]

i agree

[@timbrodmann910]

Legends say, the i3 is still rolling...

[@heinerda4768]

2:15 The airbags on the back seats are to small!!! The head miss the airbag and hits against the paneling and the hard frame structure. Really bad 👎😖

[@sumedalpaca]

they dint fully deploy pretty sure and if yes tesla 100% made em a bit bigger

[@darylhayonx]

Its Tesla 2016 vs BMW i3 2017

[@boostwars6912]

oooohhh in one year there will happen sooo much...

[@FoxDren]

Boost Wars actually yes so much will happen, technology advances at extraordinary rates,this includes safety technology in cars.

[@TeodorKubena]

It did. Tesla has 5 stars in every category including sub categories.

[@freekicknoob638]

Daryl Aiwohi it’s 2017

[@demondclayton6509]

Boost Wars we got me laughing

[@L3uX]

Working at Tesla, not being overly biased, the car structural rigidity is stupidly insane. As soon as you hit the battery pack, most of the oncoming force is stopped there. There was two people who flipped down a 500ft cliff, and you can see how strong the mid section cabin is which was untouched and they both walked away without a bone fracture. The car is that safe (plus you have 4.8k lbs in your favor).

[@alikhoobiary6595]

3:03 It literally says 2016 on top the Model S.

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

HairlessHare They test the previous years' models for the safety certification, not entirely sure how it works or why so you'll have to refer to someone else but that's how they do it

[@linu4592]

and now?

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

Linu They test towards the end of the year I think

[@novaorbitdragon]

So does the title

[@Gallardo6669]

Correct comment, unfair test since Tesla constantly improves....

[@hoofaa17]

I would choose the BMW I3 because the Tesla had the driver hit the steering wheel hard through the airbag. Tesla needs to strengthen the seatbelts on the model s.

[@doc9473]

It's good that they noticed the roof strength for the Tesla, but I would like to throw it out there that it's quite rare for a Tesla to roll over.

[@adikapic4867]

Why so hate?the i3 driver says "i only need three whels to get home"

[@michaeldawson6309]

Hmm I wonder if Toyota had any influence on the statements. What did the Prius look like after the overlap test? Bet is was less safe than the carbon body i3

[@lawrencewebster5377]

Obstacle avoidance seems like a good feature to add to me!

[@photobobo]

This is NOT a 2017 Tesla. Bias report.

[@ckm-mkc]

Hhmm, so an organization funded by insurance companies (e.g. zero interest in the results) is biased? How does that work? Also, how do you expect a test run in early 2017 or late 2016 to test a 2017 car?

[@photobobo]

Then they should not have said that it was a 2017. I'm a Tesla shareholder and I don't like people badmouthing my company. Because I don't like insurance companies. Because Tesla threatens their future profits. Because if Donald can say anything that comes to his pea brain, so can I. Because I don't trust YOU.

[@knifeyonline]

if you do tests for everything on the market in 2017 then of course they are going to be done in 2016... I have no idea how you would assume anything else. maybe it should have said "Crash test for 2017 line up of e-cars" or something like that for those unfamiliar with how the kind of thing works... I dunno. They are not trying to mislead, they are just used to doing things a certain way.

[@martinsoendergaard-jensen9602]

Boi they say 2017 because this is the most up-to-date car and it's the car that they're making in 2017. And although you have shares in the company, that doesn't mean that it's your company. You have no control over any of the actions or decisions they make. Your stupidity is astounding and very amusing.

[@haosheng12]

the youtuber must've titled it incorrectly as the side of the car was labeled 2016 Tesla Model S

[@enovenn6074]

i3 win because: She dont touch the steer airbag the car go over the wall the FL wheel save the car for hitting the wall more

[@SirRainis]

I can see you work in IIHS and know your suff.....

[@dmitryd14]

Wtf, who is she?

[@nambinhvu]

Why did they go with the more expensive paint option to crash. Why not use black Teslas and save the several thousands? lmfao

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

nambinhvu Well I doubt they pay for the cars, Tesla most likely sent the car to them to be tested. Ask them.

[@nambinhvu]

Exactly, why did Tesla send more expensive ones? were they defective?

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

nambinhvu Idk, maybe it's just what they had in stock? I doubt it would've made a difference what color the vehicle was, but your guess is as good as mine

[@m1aws]

Ask yourself what the paint actually costs

[@nambinhvu]

m1aws it actually costs quite a bit. Why not crash unpainted cars?

[@volvocub2629]

The second impact on the Tesla small overlap was scary and unsafe. I can't wait to see the new seatbelt design. This car did very badly in the small offset test.

[@jajai6377]

3:39 The windshield wiper liquid tank/circuit being compressed makes it skirt out of the spray nozzle

[@sumedalpaca]

yea

[@Johansen1000]

how the fuck is electric cars GREEN when all of the power charging the cars are 32% Natural gas, 30% Coal and 20% Nuclear energy. Only 17% is Renewable energy in the US.

[@samconroyy]

The real MVP is the person cleaning all these messes up.

[@joseluislopes3956]

Not 2017, even the labels on the cars say 2016. Tesla already fixed the seatbelt so the driver won't hit the head against the wheel since this video

[@boostwars6912]

So there will be only 100 other Problems kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmmmgmmmiM2WZqs

[@maxd4968]

They fixed it and it still did it

[@Arestas25]

Did you seen in the lateral impact on the i3 the amount of glass which went straight to the drivers face :0??. That must cause some serious injuries in real life

[@youtubetech7995]

I see much more in Tesla 2:00

[@martinsoendergaard-jensen9602]

You have to admit, the paint job on the Tesla is fantastic.

[@JM-us3fr]

Oh well, I guess I'll settle with really safe instead of ridiculously safe.

[@ananthansmenon8467]

srsly??it says on the Tesla...2016 model Title says 2017

[@Exekutioncro]

Comparing a small compact car with s 4 door limousine ? Really ? Tesla fanboys becoming worse than gtr fanboys lmao

[@LunnarisLP]

cuz that video was made by tesla fanboys, right..

[@jameshumphrey9939]

fuk U

[@jackdagerman302]

Even though the Tesla is the 2016 model and i3 is 2017. There is no excuse for the Tesla seat belt problem. It should have been found in the crash test before it was released

[@stevencastellanos8063]

What people love about Tesla is they take these seriously. Improvements aren't made year to year but ASAP. There is a video where a guy. Bought 2 model 3's same year but months apart and shows the differences. Not to mention you can tweet the CEO and get a response. That approach is what is industry shattering.

[@khalil9611]

A complete compact versus a compact sedan... Doesn’t seem very fair!

[@Christs_Apologet]

0:22 first time i was like ok the left part is gone

[@shreddedreams]

seems i3 dummy survived more in the first round

[@BillBadMule123]

YES But at What Speed was the Impact ???????

[@holo4ever]

Since when doesn't Tesla have front crash prevention ?!

[@anduuchan]

this is a 2016 vid

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

They disable it either way, so it doesn't matter what year it is

[@holo4ever]

srsly? The BMW has one, it says so right there on the slide...

[@patrickreinhardt7674]

holo4ever Well the crash prevention is disabled no matter what car it is. Otherwise the test would be obviously pointless

[@psd993]

the people commenting its disabled for the test should realize that OP is talking about the spreadsheet at 3:51

[@reybibleteng]

both seems equally good.

[@bdavis8397]

Crashing the BMW is the least of your concerns when it burns down your house.

[@sebastian_h]

i3 looks safer to me.. although its a small car and the hood is about half the lenght...

[@medhan654]

Tesla that window panel would slice someones neck. not safe. 0:11

[@niter43]

It's clearly designed to deatach on crash. Probably much safer that way, because of less chance of shattering. Either way, I have no idea why you think that solid door glass would slice someones head, it's not sharp at all.

[@calj2405]

@@niter43 Car glass is laminated so that when it does smash it is safe and nobody will get cut, but still a huge pane of glass travelling at 40mph will slice someone horrifically. Wow Tesla fanboys really know nothing about cars

[@niter43]

@@calj2405 >Car glass is laminated or tempered. In many countries only windshield is required to be laminated. >huge pane of glass travelling at 40mph will slice someone horrifically How something without sharp edges is going to slice anyone? And how did you come up with 40mph?

[@sumedalpaca]

its safe it dint break it detached do your head wount bust out breaking the glass and having shards in your head

[@tarmack7375]

Why do they not show rear end collisions? most of the accidents a self drive car will be in is going to be the car rear ended bye someone.

[@notmadeofpeople4935]

Also, a guy and his passenger tumbled down a 500 ft cliff and they both walked away with no more than bruises. Tesla is always quick to fix anything it can. They don't really crash in the first place anyway. I don't care if Teslas cause cancer either way. The only thing I want more than a Tesla is 2 Teslas, or the Dragon 2 capsule.

[@solanum7359]

wrong titel GM guy!

[@pakerhuynh8871]

0:13 tesla glass are strong

[@kdwk474]

Did anyone notice that, given concrete visual evident in this video, that anyone riding on a Tesla Model S is highly unlikely to suffer from fatal injuries in this particular type of car crash? Good job, Tesla. I appreciate your efforts.

[@sumedalpaca]

lol the bug fliying in at 2:30

[@haidarshah]

Surprisingly, the two most expensive rate lower on safety compared the less expensive cars.

[@jsnadrian]

Why can't BMW figure out how to perform well in the small overlap tests? The 3 and 5 Series (F10) also did poorly in that test.

[@TheUncombatable]

Imagine having your job be watching millions of dollars worth of vehicles being smashed daily.

[@rob200cm]

So where are the Prius and Volt crash photos?

[@mikej2489]

SO how did the the model s got the highest rated safety number (5.4) which isnt possible because it only goes up to 5 stars. And break the test equipment with 4g, and the dummy's inside still intact. They had to re-evaluate the new test just for tesla. Edit so did the model X Both from NHTSA

[@ydn289]

I have a question, for the front passenger's airbag, there is a dashboard in from of the right. So what happen when the airbag deploys?? Won't the dashboard fly right off to the face of the passenger?? 🤔

[@fredrikgranberg611]

No dashboard parts will fly away. They will rip up enough to let the airbag out.

[@user-gh2ml3cf5o]

Мне кажется, боковой удар БМВ держит лучше, потому что пассажир и водитель ударяются головой об подушки, а в Тесла задний пассажир - об внутренний корпус салона. Голова мимо проходит подушку (не задевает подушку). 02:10 (Тесла) и 02:29 (БМВ).

[@mattiafioravanti8475]

Any idea as to why the front wheel is white?

[@enedypabalate4929]

Why the model s side curtain airbag in the back seat so short

[@ProDigit80]

Tesla and BMW could very easily apply a hard brake as soon as the car hits a frontal collision. Most of the car is electronic anyway. Both their tires were still spinning, propelling the car forward towards the crash!

[@guostudios4865]

what's wrong with the i3 lol? i love it

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Okay where's the rear end? I want to see the battery explode

[@m1aws]

Noticed, with all the airbag shots, the windows are open? So no dummies were permanently deafened in this process.

[@raypfaff7023]

The only thing they have in common is the plug. It's like comparing a SMART and an E class Mercedes.

[@boostwars6912]

yes, and Tesla is the SMART

[@DsmB2007]

Wait! Where's the crash videos of the Prius and Volt????

[@deveshaggarwal3499]

at 2:32 there is a wasp or something

[@alexanderjackson4041]

Excuse me sir Tesla ranks top in crash test period you must have been paid by the Gas industry

[@HughMungoose]

That door skin at 0:25 from the i3, flying guillotine!

[@enovenn6074]

Psychlone LAMBO

[@theniii]

Tesla: we have highest safety score in the world Well how about that car you used to test yours during collision?

[@vidalcruz4416]

Why would they compare different of their cars to the same Tesla? That doesn't make an accurate representation of which one is actually better

[@sumedalpaca]

they dint

[@Tazradore]

IN THE BACK SEAT BACK SEAT OF THE TESLA AT 2:32 that there was a flying bug in the crash test that came from the upper left corner

[@jeanviloria1988]

Dee 6542 that was the back seat of the BMW i3

[@Beastiie7]

Waiting for Tesla cybertruck crash test

[@sumedalpaca]

same or the thrust ssc

[@kenabisan4731]

A friend of mine lost his eyes on an car accident because the airbag hit his face too strong, one of his eyes popped out.

[@fredrikgranberg611]

Sorry about your friend but did he wear the seatbelt? If not what should the result be if he'd hit the steering wheel instead?

[@akashi6063]

how do you know what injuries and how bad they would be

[@jeanviloria1988]

Akashi the dummies have like sensors on it that tells you how much pressure it received on every part of it

[@SergiuszOlszewski]

3:50 front crash prevention - Tesla: not available, BMW: advanced. Oh boi.

[@llifestyle4006]

I want the car hitting the cars at 1:54, that thing didn't even budge one bit😧 looks way more solid then both the bmw and tesla

[@isurumaddumage1922]

Where are the other tests video?

[@intcrown]

When it comes to security I'd always prefer German cars.

[@LunnarisLP]

BMW is german :D

[@hunterbowman5150]

Ernst Rauska even when proven to be not as safe...?

[@jameshumphrey9939]

nazi !

[@nwordpassifyousub2303]

Ernst Rauska volkwagen is known for not having legit airbags

[@agentxcompany]

Because you are stupid

[@KaloqnBankov]

Can you buy the test cars from somewhere?

[@CEKROM]

It is very interesting, but it hurts to see such nice cars crashing =D

[@nosoupforyou425]

Comparing full sized sedans and city coupes seems odd.....

[@Maxmekker42]

Feel like this was an ad for chevy volt and toyota prius

[@jamesthompson5388]

Love the sign on the plower thing at 1:36 that shit made me laugh

[@sumedalpaca]

iihs?

[@mariociobanu5233]

i3 is ugly

[@shoptesla2731]

Marketing... ebook shoptesla.ecrater.com/c/2090726/my-products?&perpage=80

[@Rico-rj9bs]

shut up u microwave

[@zappyboi8380]

kek

[@andrewryu7872]

the i3 looks like a washing machine on wheels. BOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cavereric]

I would not drive one.

[@user-kj2ie4jz4r]

IIHS RATING:TESLA:ACCEPTAPABLE.BMW:GOOD.

[@cyumadbrosummit3534]

I own a Volt Prius and a Tesla (no i3), but come on....No discussion about the obvious effects of having a 700 lbs chunk of aluminum engine block crush your legs in the Volt or Prius?