If other competitive small cars had been put under the same microscope, I'm sure that they would have been found to have been unsafe, too.    The parties in the lawsuit aren't looking for the truth. They are looking to get their version of the facts before the trier of fact (the judge or a jury). That means excluding facts that could be harmful to their case - such as the speed at which the 1963 Galaxie hit the Pinto in which Grimshaw was riding.    The Pinto's overall safety record was better than competitive small cars, and its record of deaths due to fire was only slightly worse than the class average, based on some measurements. (And that included ALL deaths due to fire, which meant if the fire started in the engine compartment, and it was fatal to the occupants, it was counted.)   The car met all applicable safety standards of the time - including standards covering fuel tank and fuel system safety. All small cars of the era were death traps by our standards, and I wouldn't want to have been in any of them in a collision with a larger vehicle. The Pinto was simply typical for small cars of that time. 

True, and the fact that the Model S has been redesigned since 2012  

They forgot to mention that tariffs on imported Batteries for EVs are less than those for grid-scale storage. Basically, encouraging the production of US-made batteries for grid Storage, while enabling the Importation of foreign-made batteries for EVs.  

All of what you posted is true, the problem wasn’t just the gas tank alone, it was a bunch of other engineering flaws that when combined caused great peril to occupants.   Its a matter of history now and fortunately, automakers behave much differently now. Some would say they over react but better that than leaving underlying faults go unfixed.

Yes that and maybe competition coming in offering different products? Outside of USA, BYD is outflanking Tesla in both products and price.

Yeah mostly but isn’t that the whole reason early reservations collapsed? An expectation of an affordable price and then the goalposts get moved.   Imagine if that sort of thing happened with an ICE vehicle…..

Canada Agrees with you.

They would sold 10's of them....

According to AI it was bigger but the biggest part was the "radical" styling compared to the previous gen....pundits bemoaned that it would drive people to the competition, but it did not. As stated, this isn't Fords first rodeo with F150 styling and execution of directional changes.     

Well, Tesla sales are also affected by the "Musk affect" aside from the credits, which hit sooner than the credits expiring.