[HN Gopher] Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybert...
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       Geico terminating insurance coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks
        
       Author : MilnerRoute
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-10-06 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.torquenews.com)
        
       | MilnerRoute wrote:
       | A recent filing "revealed that Tesla has now built and sold
       | 27,185 Foundation-Series Cybertrucks for customers."
       | 
       | https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2296/nhtsa-reveals-tesla-c...
        
       | linotype wrote:
       | > "It makes no sense, as there are other, riskier cars out there.
       | Let me know if you recommend any insurer for the truck. I have
       | eight cars with an amazing record. I will be canceling my entire
       | Geico policy!! Bye-bye!"
       | 
       | Eight cars. Eight. Our planet (for humans anyway) is truly
       | screwed.
        
         | stonethrowaway wrote:
         | Personal vehicles? Commercial vehicles? Small business?
        
         | noduerme wrote:
         | What's the difference if someone has 8 cars or one car? He can
         | only drive one at a time. And at least one is electric.
        
           | linotype wrote:
           | Resources to build them, for one.
        
       | Schnitz wrote:
       | I'm surprised that the article doesn't mention the complete lack
       | of pedestrian safety, which is so bad the truck can't be sold in
       | Europe. Geico might not want to pay those claims of sharp steel
       | edges ripping into people.
        
       | andsoitis wrote:
       | Geico also doesn't insure certain models of McLarens,
       | Lamborghinis, Jaguars, Bugattis. A quick search reveals there
       | have also been certain Kia and Huyandai models that they don't
       | insure.
        
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