RE: Here they get insurance long enough to tag the car
Been wondering when the EVs would not be insurable.
As to EVs, I wonder if there is a coverup. We’ll find out later if a lot of EVs were burned up and we didn’t know.
When the early Ford rollover accidents were found to be from a design problem along with Firestone tire tread separation problems there were multiple lawsuits involved. One amazing document in court was a letter from an office filing cabinet at Ford saying “Don’t let anybody know we found out this is our fault. Keep the results away from the public.”
They made a big push saying dozens of times in letters to accident victims “No one but you has had a complaint about this problem. While we are sorry about the accident it was caused by driver error, not a flaw in our vehicle.”
They were sued big time.
One summary:
More than 200 deaths and 700 injuries in the United States were blamed on Ford Explorers rolling over after the tread separated on Firestone tires.
In 1978, Firestone recalled 14.5 million tires—the largest tire recall in history— because the excess application of the adhesive that binds the rubber and steel had caused 500 tread separations and blowouts. Firestone paid a $500,000 fine for concealing safety problems.
I read claims that Ford got off easy. Videos of Explorer behavior after blowouts are scary to watch. Some engineers claimed they shouldn’t have become so uncontrollable from a blowout. I had total blowout at highway speed in a ‘69 Chevy C10 and it was nothing, I just pulled over to the shoulder. Heck of bang though.