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Why Tesla cars get totaled so easily

"A Tesla structural battery pack is going straight to the grinder," Munro, who's known for his vehicle teardowns, told Reuters earlier this year.

A study by two major salvage companies found that of the over 120 Model Ys declared totaled,"a vast majority" had less than 10,000-lifetime miles,Tesla is acutely aware of the high insurance costs of its vehicles, with CEO Elon Musk in January saying they were"unreasonably high." He also noted that the company had implemented design changes, specifically in the bumper, to make some repairs easier and was working to ensure spare parts availability.

"So if you're waiting for a part to get repaired and that part takes a month, now you've got a month of having to rent another car. It's extremely expensive," he said on Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call in January."And of course, you're missing the car that you love and the one you actually want to drive.

 

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