The safety of the car is more and more valued, and even now many compact cars, in the entry-level model is equipped with a lot of safety technology configuration, but in order to make the starting price lower, there is no sunroof, leather seats, leather steering wheel these look luxurious configuration. This fully demonstrates the user's emphasis on safety, which is significantly higher than other comfort configurations.
Recently, the network rumors that the domestic Tesla is not equipped with knee airbags, but the overseas version of Tesla does.
[1] Tesla customer service confirmed that Tesla does not have knee air bags in China
Tesla's customer service response confirmed that The domestic Tesla is indeed not equipped with knee airbags, but it has passed the C-NCAP (China New Car Evaluation Rules) 2021 crash test and meets the standards, which can still ensure the safety of car owners.
In fact, it is not true to say that domestic Tesla does not have knee air bags. Because at present Tesla is only produced in the United States and China. Domestic models will also be exported to the United States and even other countries. Tesla in the US market has knee airbags, but the Chinese market does not.
Therefore, strictly speaking, it is not that the "domestic" Tesla does not have knee airbags, but the "domestic" Tesla does not have knee airbags.
[2] The role of the knee air bag is indeed not large, but it is better than nothing!
Does the knee air sac really not make much sense? In fact, because according to the Survey of the American Highway Safety Insurance Association, that is, IIHS, in a real collision, the knee airbag can reduce the probability of injury from 7.9% to 7.4%, and the knee airbag has almost no effect on safety protection, but fortunately there is no harm to safety, so it is concluded that the knee airbag is an unnecessary configuration.
Why are knee air sacs less effective? This is mainly because the cushioning space left for the knees is too small. Small accidents and small collisions will not cause great damage to the knees. In the case of a major accident and collision, the entire cabin is deformed, so even if the knee airbag has not played a big protective significance. Think about it, if the impact on the vehicle is enough to cause casualties in the car, what is the practical point of protecting a knee?
So in fact, in addition to Tesla, some models such as BMW 3 Series, Audi A4L, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and so on are not equipped with knee airbags. Therefore, Tesla also boldly omitted Tesla's knee airbag in the domestic market.
[3] The focus is not on the knee airbags, but on Tesla's differential treatment!
In fact, what users dislike is not simply that Tesla has omitted the knee airbag, what users really dislike is the difference between the Chinese market and foreign markets. In fact, this matter is not only Tesla, but many car brands have similar moves before. But in recent years, some automakers have stopped doing so, and even the Chinese version is better than the overseas version. For example, Versailles C5X, the domestic full range of four-cylinder engines, sunroofs, leather seats are standard. But the models exported to Europe are three-cylinder engines, sunroofs, and leather seats are not standard.
In recent years, Tesla's sales in the domestic market have been very hot, which also allows Tesla to have the confidence and voice in the Chinese market, today omit a knee air bag, tomorrow it is possible to omit other things. In this way, Chinese users spend money to buy, it is not always the best thing, as a user, the heart is definitely not easy to accept.