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People also report frequently on McLaren, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc... crashes or self immolation. Tesla is the only one crying about it though. Read more

So... stop reporting crashes because some people are idiots? Ok, in that case we should probably make headlines illegal in general to prevent idiots from spouting nonsense and half-truths. Read more

To be fair to the media in this case, the Tesla system failed to classify a fire truck (i.e. a not-exactly-inconspicuous vehicle) as something that it should avoid hitting. That sounds like a pretty big failure to me; certainly it’s worth pointing out that the system perhaps isn’t ready for prime-time in that state. Read more

The fact that you need to write (excellently, by the way) an article explaining the difference between the two things shows how stupidity is thriving these days. Read more

At this point he should just start shouting #FAKENEWS! at any coverage that is critical of him or Tesla. Read more

Any exec worth their salt knows you don’t release any statements until your own internal investigation gets to the bottom of a bad PR situation. I have to agree with Sergio 100% in both spirit, and choice of expletives.

According to sources, the robotic cars have been specifically programmed to respond to “HEY! I’M WALKING HERE!! I’M WALKING HERE!!” and “MOVE YOUR FUCKING CAR ASSHOLE!!”, at which time it will honk its horn repeatedly until it is once again safe to proceed. Read more

Ground water contamination is something that is going to plague the northern and midwest states for a long time to come. Now, it is important to note that it has not been definitively been mapped to GM. Read more

While I think the arsenic thing is thrown in for scare tactics and likely not due to GM, the salt thing is very interesting. Read more

It’s interesting that the Michigan DEQ says they do not test for arsenic, but the below article shows that they used to be concerned about arsenic levels. Read more

Car prices go up each year (which is expected) but wages have been flat for decades. It’s credit that is keeping the economy rolling. We just gave the rich a massive tax cut and they chose to buy back stocks and sit on it rather than “trickle”. Something’s going to have to give eventually. You can’t have housing,… Read more

Hahaha holy shit man! This is why I buy beaters. I just bought a perfectly serviceable 2005 Lincoln Town car for a thousand dollars. Yeah it needs a bunch of little cosmetic things but a thousand dollars doesn’t cover sales tax on a new base model Accent. Read more

Assuming interest rates will have more to do with bringing this to a halt and higher fuel prices. Read more

Lyin’ Guardian (very overrated) is trying to say we discriminate. Wrong. Desperate for clicks. Sad. We will win! People are saying this. Read more

As a photojournalist who’s worked for major newspapers for 15 years, I have seen this happen before. Once. Read more

What’s stupid is that car makers are fully capable of meeting the efficiency standards. Engines have become vastly more efficient over the decades. But instead of that translating to gains in mpg, it translates to gains in horsepower while mpg remains stagnant. Instead of stuffing another 100hp into a Ford family… Read more

So Tesla has still not hit their guidance. This was where they were supposed to be in October if you go by what Musk was saying well into August. If you go by even earlier comments from Musk this is where they should have been at the end of last July to the beginning of August.
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