Tesla highlights top vehicle safety scores across four continents

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Tesla has reiterated the high safety scores its electric vehicles (EVs) have received across four different continents, marking the latest in its social media efforts to educate the public about how safe its cars really are.

On Saturday, Tesla shared a graphic on X showing its various five-star safety scores from regulators and agencies across the U.S., Europe, China, and Australia, New Zealand and surrounding island regions.

The aforementioned achievements include the Model Y’s recent award as a Top Safety Pick Plus from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) and the company’s five-star safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the U.S., along with five-star reviews from the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP), the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) Safety, and top ratings from the China Insurance Automobile Safety Index (CIASI).

You can see the full graphic from Tesla below, as was accompanied by the caption “Safety is S3XY” in the Saturday afternoon post.

Credit: Tesla | X

Read More: Fatal traffic incidents dropped in the U.S. in 2023: NHTSA

Tesla has regularly highlighted the safety of its vehicles, and its Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy recently reiterated the company’s focus on safety, even within its Autopilot and Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) programs, noting that “safety is and always will be [Tesla’s] top priority.”

In February, the company’s engineering team hosted a “Safety Research Day” for government agencies, and non-government organizations like university leaders, all focused on continued advancements in safety.

Tesla also publishes a quarterly safety report, highlighting in the third quarter that the company’s cars recorded one crash for every 7.08 million miles driven when using Autopilot, along with one crash for every 1.29 million miles driven without. By comparison, the latest NHTSA data reports an automobile crash for every 670,000 miles driven in the U.S.

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Water association drafts out Tesla Giga Berlin’s new water agreement

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The Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE) has hammered out a draft agreement for the water operations of Tesla Gigafactory Berlin.

The draft, which still needs to be approved by Tesla, could reshape the water and wastewater dynamics of Giga Berlin.

Key updates:

  • The WSE finalized a new contract draft for Tesla on Wednesday. This was confirmed by Thomas Krieger, the association’s chairman and mayor of Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, to rbb24.
  • While exact terms are still under wraps, the new draft reportedly features a lower water supply commitment to Tesla and introduces new wastewater management rules. Tesla, for its part, has offered to release 377,000 cubic meters of water in the draft contract. 
  • The draft will now be sent to Tesla for review. If Tesla balks at the terms or if further adjustments are needed, the parties might find themselves back at the negotiating table. 

What they’re saying:

  • “We have sharpened our position. I think Tesla should be able to live well with the contract,” Krieger told rbb24. He is also hoping for a positive signal from Tesla by Christmas.
  • Tesla has voiced concerns over not being part of the final tweaks to the draft contract “since we were neither informed that further adjustments would be made, nor were these negotiated in our presence,” as per a company spokesperson. 

Important Background: 

  • Tesla already consumes significantly less water than originally intended, with Giga Berlin using up half as much water as a nearby asparagus farm. This was made possible by Giga Berlin’s wastewater treatment facility, which is one of the largest and most modern in Germany.
  • Due to Giga Berlin producing less production wastewater, the facility’s sanitary wastewater is more concentrated. This means that it cannot be diluted and discharged into the WSE’s wastewater network. It also results in Giga Berlin’s discharge parameters being exceeded.
  • WSE has scheduled to discuss the contract’s fate at their next association meeting, potentially setting the stage for another round of talks if needed.

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How Tesla Giga Texas inspired one analyst to move his price target up

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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Giga Texas inspired one analyst to move his price target up after a visit to the factory, proving that the automaker deserves the bullish tones it has attracted for the last five weeks.

John Murphy of Bank of America popped his price target on Tesla to $400 from $350 this week, and it was all due to the incredible visit he and other analysts had at the company’s factory located just outside of Austin.

Murphy said in a note to investors this week that the visit proved Tesla is in a position to grow in the coming years with various facets of its business, along with other things that are in the pipeline for years after.

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He wrote:

“The trip gave us increased confidence that TSLA is well-positioned to grow in 2025+ with its core EV business and launch of its robotaxi offering, and longer-term from its investments in Optimus.”

It is no secret that Tesla delivery figures have been underwhelming this year, but we all expected it because the company said it would have a “notably lower” growth rate this year as it moves toward the release of its next-gen platform.

However, it has a lot of other projects in the works, including Robotaxi, its strong energy business, and Optimus, its humanoid robot. Tesla also has plans to release a low-cost EV in the first half of 2025.

There is a lot leaning on the completion of Full Self-Driving and the prospect of autonomy in the coming years as well. Murphy took a ride in Cybertruck and Model Y with Full Self-Driving capability and said he was impressed by the suite’s ability to adapt to everything from “abnormal road conditions” to turns against difficult traffic patterns:

“The Cybertruck and Model Y we rode in…drove seamlessly to a charging station several miles away despite abnormal road conditions, traveling on roads under construction and taking a tough left turn against traffic.”

Tesla is trading at around $372 just after 10:00 a.m. on the East Coast.

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