On the afternoon of April 6, China Insurance Research, which had been silent for a long time, finally came to life again and released the crash test results of seven models in one go, including the very popular Tesla Model Y.
The Model Y 2021 standard battery life rear-wheel-drive board used by China Insurance Research Institute for testing is commendable that the car maintains Tesla’s consistent high safety, the safety index of members in the car, the safety index of pedestrians outside the car and the vehicle. All three aspects of the auxiliary safety index have achieved good results of “G”.
Among them, in the project of “25% offset collision on the front side of the driver’s side”, which makes many models timid, the Model Y performs particularly well, and the A-pillar is quite stable and performs very well. In addition, it also achieved the best results in a number of tests such as side-impact, roof strength, seat/headrest, etc.
However, in the crashworthiness and maintenance economy index project test, Model Y’s performance is much worse, in “structural crashworthiness”, “repairability”, “maintenance economy”, “collision compatibility” a total of four In each item, the best grade is “A” (good), while the grades of the first three items are M, P, P, that is, average, poor, and poor.
In other words, in the event of a crash, Model Y repairs will be very expensive. Previously, some car owners also revealed that they accidentally hit the corner of the wall when reversing the car, causing damage to the side of the car. After firming, it cost 200,000 to repair.
In this regard, some people said that the second half of the Model Y body is made of one-piece die-casting. Once damaged, it can only be replaced entirely, which may be the main reason for its high cost.
The release of the crash test results also proved to a certain extent that the economics of Model Y repair is indeed not very good. In this regard, many netizens said that ” the reason for the high premium has been found.