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>Tesla subsidized those discounts

How? I'm not trying to instigate something here, but a quick search of this isn't showing anything except a bunch of groaning about how unfair it is that Tesla gets all kinds of tax breaks for its cars because it's the only one selling electric at any kind of scale.



Tesla partnered with Liberty Mutual:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-liberty-mutual-create-...

"The firm's InsureMyTesla program is an example of Tesla working directly with an insurance partner to mitigate risks and keep rates low."


That doesn't say they subsidized it, just that they are working with some insurance companies.

I thought subsidize meant that they would be basically paying the difference.

If there's no money changing hands in this partnership, then either the insurance companies are really dumb and are just throwing money away, or there's some truth to the stats that tesla keeps bringing up (40% fewer crashes in cars with autopilot) (or there's something else i'm missing!)




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