Tesla’s Model 3 has achieved top ratings in China’s Electric Vehicle Fire Safety Index and Automotive Fire Safety Certification, highlighting its strong safety performance.
According to Tesla’s data, between 2012 and 2022, there was approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 130 million miles traveled.
In contrast, data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation indicates that, on average, there is a vehicle fire for every 19 million miles traveled in the United States.
This suggests that Tesla vehicles are about seven times less likely to experience a fire compared to the national average.
Tesla Asia shared pictures of both certificates on Wednesday on X.
Tesla sold 78,856 cars in China in November 2024, a 15.5% increase from October and the highest monthly sales for the year. About 73,000 of these were domestic sales. However, compared to November 2023, sales were down 4.3%. It’ll be interesting to see how December sales will fare.
Tesla has officially crossed another major milestone on the road to autonomous driving. Over the weekend, multiple Tesla Model Y vehicles were spotted driving themselves on public roads in Austin, Texas, with no one in the front seats and no safety driver on board. According to Tesla and Elon Musk, these were public tests of […]
Tesla has published its official November 2025 recap, highlighting a busy month across the company’s global operations, product lines, and community. The update, shared on X, touches on everything from major corporate milestones to continued momentum for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and record-breaking Supercharger usage. One of the biggest events in November was Tesla’s Annual Shareholder […]
SpaceX appears to be heading toward a public offering sooner rather than later, and the latest comments from Elon Musk all but confirm it. Responding to a post by Ars Technica’s Eric Berger on X, Musk simply said, “As usual, Eric is accurate,” after Berger shared his report detailing why SpaceX now plans to go […]
