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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:19 am
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:
GORDON wrote: They've been testing these on the roads, hundreds of thousands of.miles, for years. I'm guessing what's holding it up is government.
I'm going to guess it's the deaths.
Which are statistically fewer than idiot operated cars.

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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 8:43 am
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: Which are statistically fewer than idiot operated cars.
True, but means they haven't achieved L3 yet.

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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:05 pm
by TheCatt
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:24 am
by Leisher

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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:26 am
by TheCatt
I'm not on Elon's side here, for sure.

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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:44 am
by Leisher

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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:56 pm
by GORDON
They priced the next model so low that it competes with the Leaf, but at least Nissan isn't going under soon, prolly.

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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:26 pm
by TheCatt
That article lists the top reasons I haven't bought a Tesla. I just don't trust them

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:01 pm
by TheCatt
Tesla Reports Loss Amid Struggles Delivering Model 3 Cars https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-repo ... 1556141829

Losing a bunch of money again

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:46 am
by Leisher
Parked Tesla explodes in garage.

Yeah, sign me up for one of these. Nothing says "sleep soundly" like a ticking time bomb sitting in your garage.

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:48 am
by GORDON
As dubious as I usually am about such things.... that seems like something they'd want to fix.

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:14 am
by Leisher
Just keep in mind that cell phones batteries also explode. It's very rare considering the number of cell phones out there, but it happens.

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:16 am
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: Parked Tesla explodes in garage.

Yeah, sign me up for one of these. Nothing says "sleep soundly" like a ticking time bomb sitting in your garage.
Batteries explode. You put a bunch of them together, and they are more likely to explode. The explosions will be rare, but they will happen. I don't know if it's possible to make them completely safe.

It's a concern. I was on the Tesla reddit, who would probably perform oral on Elon the rest of his life if they could, and they were upset at how big of a deal the press was making. I mean, ICE cars explode, but usually for a really evident reason (like a crash), not while sitting in anyone's garage.

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Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 9:41 am
by TheCatt

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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 12:25 pm
by TheCatt

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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 2:43 pm
by Leisher
That is one of my top five favorite episodes. Maybe top three.

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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:18 pm
by TheCatt
Too bad it cannot protect the stock price.

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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:11 pm
by Leisher

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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:41 am
by TheCatt
Tesla door handles blamed for police not being able to enter care during fire
The futuristic door handles on Tesla Inc.’s Model S are being blamed for a fatal crash in which a police officer was unable to pull a man to safety from his burning car.

Omar Awan, a 48-year-old anesthesiologist, was driving his leased Tesla in February when he lost control on a south Florida parkway and the car slammed into a palm tree, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in state court in Broward County.

A police officer couldn’t open the doors because the handles were retracted and bystanders watched helplessly as the car filled with smoke and flames, according to the complaint, which alleges the fire originated with the car’s battery.

The door handles on the Model S are flush with the car and pop out -- “auto-present” in the words of Tesla -- when they detect that the key fob is nearby.

“Fire engulfed the car and burned Dr. Awan beyond recognition -- all because the Model S has inaccessible door handles, no other way to open the doors, and an unreasonably dangerous fire risk,” according to the Oct. 10 suit. The complaint lists the cause of death as smoke inhalation and states that Awan had sustained no internal injuries or broken bones in the crash.

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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:55 am
by Leisher
What a stupid design.

How did that get past QA?