The motivation should be analyzed..... do they steal it for the battery pack? Becuz most of the parts from a dismantled Tesla iis useless so few are on the road and not many needa 2nd hand parts...and would be easy to trace if you tried to sell .... a better analysis is needed for the article IMO ....

Us, coming from Gokart racing know this intuitively :)

1- of course manufacturers adjust gearing for 0-60/62 mph.... why does most cars reach redline on 2nd gear at 60 or 62mph?

exactly what I was thinking, but didn’t want to start a new thread so I was checking if anyone else mentioned it... ANY CAR that was used as a RENTAL has a lower resale .... I feel bad that the car is totalled, and owners are understandibly upsrt, BUT this is the risk and depreciation it was expected to take...IRS…

I agree to this to some extent..BUT; it is the owner’s fault when:

the main battery is going bad, you can have all electric motors inside the car as well as VANOS, all HID bulbs & units, ballasts , lock/window motors, DTC sensors, ABS sensors, etc.....THEY WILL GO BAD!

when the spark plugs are not replaced on time : the…