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    GEICO beendet den Versicherungsschutz für Tesla-Cybertrucks und sagt: „Dieser Fahrzeugtyp entspricht nicht unseren Underwriting-Richtlinien.“


    GEICO beendet den Versicherungsschutz für Tesla-Cybertrucks und sagt: „Dieser Fahrzeugtyp entspricht nicht unseren Underwriting-Richtlinien.“

    https://www.torquenews.com/11826/geico-terminating-insurance-coverage-tesla-cybertrucks-says-type-vehicle-doesnt-meet-our/

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    43 Comments

    1. Javasndphotoclicks on

      I wouldn’t want to drive anything affiliated with that douche Leon anyways.

    2. blahblah98 on

      In other words, GEICO thinks they can lower premiums & grab market share by excluding the worst performing vehicle from their insurance pool.

      Hello AmFam…? I may be switching to GEICO. Let the market decide, eh?

    4. GeniusEE on

      Probably because they’re afraid people are so under water on their CT loans that they risk intentional totals

      Not to mention collision repair impossibility with the stainless and castings.

    5. nylonsbrunette on

      Maybe someone at Geico just watched multiple Cybertruck drivers post videos of letting go of the steering wheel and watch their truck make potentially deadly moves while being controlled by a beta version of self driving software.

    6. MeowwwMary on

      “there are other more riskier cars out there”

      oh really, where Robert?

    7. Jigsaw-Complex on

      How is it possible that these death traps are legally allowed to be in the road? We’ve all seen the videos of them getting nearly totaled from what should be every day use for a TRUCK.

    8. infernaltease on

      This is the beginning of the end for this turd of a product. Elon got away with suckering his cult of morons. But he can’t control the insurance companies that understand profit and loss calculations. This terrible vehicle is unrepairable and presents too large a liability. Demand will crater (even faster than it is already) once owners have no ability to insure their rolling heaps of shit. It’s over.

    9. PoisonEmma on

      “We insure vehicles, not collections of cardboard, duct tape and metal that look like they’ve been haphazardly pieced together by a child with a 20-year-old bottle of Elmer’s glue and wrapped around a giant battery bought from Temu.”

    10. wild_inked on

      So sad. Too bad.

      I would consider the prudence exhibited by GEICO to be one many many other insurance companies will emulate.

    11. lacyandrea on

      Trump should get into the car insurance game to cover CTs specifically.

    12. PREMIUM_POKEBALL on

      It’s absolutely insane a plainly unsafe vehicle received certification. We nuked GM rear wheel drive vehicle development for close to a century till the modern rear engine (or mid I forget which) corvette over “unsafe at any speed”. Now we have defective Husks on batteries failing for YouTube views in 4k. What the fuck. 

    14. Infinzero on

      This thing should be banned permanently from roadways .. like in Europe 

    15. garoo1234567 on

      Could be true for sure, but I notice how everyone on this thread is assuming a post from X quoting another Reddit user is being taken as gospel. It could be wrong, it could be one rep in Geico, who knows

      We had to change insurance companies because of our solar and then 3 months later we got a newsletter advising how supportive of solar they are. One hand didn’t know what the other was doing

    16. Recent_mastadon on

      The European Union has standards on car safety and Cybertruck fails them. It has thin steel sheets which would act as blades in a collision and cut pedestrians up. The panels don’t fit together well, which makes the problem even worse. High damage to pedestrians is really expensive.

    19. HighOnGoofballs on

      A Reddit post about an article about a Reddit post about a tweet

    21. jahermitt on

      My dad has a Series S and insurance was not happy about paying the 40000 for the replacement battery.

    22. Ok-Seaworthiness7207 on

      IDK what it is but I have started seeing a grip of them out of *nowhere* on a daily basis now. Wtf happened?

    23. Fiyukyoo on

      Tesla has their own insurance company as well. It’ll be curious if they end up being the primary insurer for the truck and make modifications to the truck due to it being unsustainable insuring it

    24. phoneguyfl on

      Meaning: The risk of insuring the vehicles is greater then the profit they expect. For the most part, it seems like insurance companies are hardcore number crunchers that don’t bow down easily to political or cult followings. I think their findings say far more about the product then any marketing or fan base proclamations.

    25. fortunate_bungle on

      At this point, I would just chalk it up as a loss and just get rid of it. Pretty bad when an insurance company will not offer to insure you at even an astronomical rate. 🤷‍♂️

    26. TheNatureBoy on

      There’s several unforced design decisions that make this a human cookie cutter.

    28. PigglyWigglyDeluxe on

      I wonder how many of these are insured through regular insurance like AAA or Progressive versus premium providers like Hagerty

    29. quibicapalot on

      This is massive for Tesla. I don’t see how anyone can finance a Cybertruck without insurance being available and if Tesla has to backstop this with their own insurance they will lose a lot of money. They seem to have a lot of crashes and cost a fortune to repair.

      I can’t see how this doesn’t make the Cybertruck unviable, anyone willing to insure them is going to charge a fortune.

    30. ooouroboros on

      Is it too much to ask to have them do one of their funny ads addressing this?

    31. nozoningbestzoning on

      I wish we actually got to know why they did this. There’s no official statement from Geico, just a copy of an email saying they’re canceling his coverage. Saying it doesn’t meet their underwriting guidelines is incredibly vague

    34. Minbutti on

      This is the first thing that has actually made me think about switching to GEICO. 🦎

    35. deathtokiller on

      I see what passes for news these days is an article whose source of info is a meme subredddit repost of a Twitter post of some dude who was denied coverage and gave a screenshot of an email that happened to contain an announcement without a confirmed date

      Incredible work, guys. 10/10

    38. Ducatirules on

      Hahahahahaha!!! Imagine buying the ugliest vehicle made by a fascist psycho and your insurance company drops you!! Oh well too bad so sad!

    39. Justamcnugget on

      It’s not about *safety* though the CT seems very unsafe. It’s about repair and replacement costs. A vehicle with a tendency to brick isn’t one you want to cover.

    42. PoutPill69 on

      In other words far too expensive to repair so it results in a write-off frequently over minor issues.

    43. scorpion-nest on

      These things have to be huge liabilities in collisions. I don’t know how it can be legal for a civilian to drive a vehicle that’s designed to “win” in collisions and plow through anyone it hits. 

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