Because you are supposed to be monitoring the system the whole time and steer the vehicle if it’s going the wrong way (which is exactly what this driver did in previous cases)? You don’t wait until it warns to start paying attention. If every Tesla owner with autopilot waited for that, there would be much more…

My only quibble with your comment is that Mother Theresa IS ALSO an asshole LOL But yes this is entirely spot on. Elon Musk is amazing.

I don’t know if you’re new to this website or what, but “balanced perspective” and “Hamilton Nolan” are what we like to call mutually exclusive.

Have you ever read this “writer” before? He hates anyone who is successful and/or makes money. This is his tired old schtick.

An alternate perspective in the interest of sanity:

There have been a number of ‘hit’ pieces against Tesla recently, the most ridiculous being that they’re ‘over automating’ their production line, which cited research articles from over 30 years ago. The shorts are just wanting to get out before they report that they’re much closer to their estimated model 3 deliveries…

There was an article on here a year or so ago about a medical device delivery driver ( iirc ) in Florida with 300k miles on a Prius still on original brakes.

In high regen mode, I hardly ever touch the brake pedal in my Spark EV. Pleasant side effect: there is never any brake dust on my wheels.

True but if it’s a hybrid or electric you are using the regenerative braking a lot so there is normally less heat going into the brakes

Jesus, the person in the red coat riding at that point just disappears into the tangled wreckage.

I tell you what we’ll do. To make this up to you, we promise that we will remain marginalized, mostly ancillary characters in most of the Hollywood blockbusters for the rest of the year. We also swear that we will allow you to win and be nominated for the bulk of Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Tony Awards, Peabody…

I screamed! Letitia was soooooooooo good as Shuri.

When Shuri called him a colonizer, the whole theater died.

Colonizers.

No industry insider is going to risk alienating the giants of their own industry. The hyperbolic character of his assessment leads me to wonder how long he’s been familiar with mechanical engineering. I seriously doubt anything on the Tesla can hold a candle to the corporate atrocities of the ‘70s and 80s such as the…

That guy is a joke. We’ve had EVs now for a while. What percentage of accident require cutting power to the battery? How do access compare to other cars? I had an BMW i3 which Munro swooned over with the SAME emergency issues...I don’t think there is ANY way to open the frunk of an i3 from the outside to get to the…

I actually have a Leaf and only occasionally charge at home right now. Granted, I moved after I got the Leaf, and now live a whopping 2 miles from work, but still...

This guy gets it. He is in the business of building chargers and encouraging EV adoption.

The rapid charging infrastructure is a legitimate problem that would prevent EVs from reaching 50%+ penetration of the US Market. But they’re a red herring for the near future, since 95%+ of cars are driven well within the typical EV’s range on a daily basis, and as the article notes, many folks can charge at home…

I didn’t know Hondas had models. I thought they were just Hondas.