They didn’t know it was SAE-2, but why would you call something so critical “Autopilot” when the general public has a general understanding of what “autopilot” would mean?

There should be no way they can just rest on “but we said they need to stay attentive”. And yet they are.

The probe concluded that Tesla paired a “weak driver engagement system” with a “misleading” name in Autopilot, reports the Verge. As such, “Tesla’s products lure drivers into thinking they are more capable than they are,” the site adds.

At about just past nine minutes in….holy crap, it’s worth carefully listening to this guy. I’d vote for him if went into politics and maintained his stance and integrity on matters.

Fuck yeah this guy is the business. I’m IATSE Local 700 and hearing this makes my day.

The big thing that I take away from this is two things:

I wonder if anti-union people understand that the other side is always organized in some sort of “union”

We encourage greed for the management in this country but look down at the workers trying to ask for basic survival income. Absolutely balls out insanity.

Right. How do you explain the Korean and Japanese automakers continuing to produce small cars? Kia has 4 small cars for sale that start under $22k. The cheapest Hyundai is an Elantra for $22k. Entry level Japanese sedans/hatches start under $25k. They seem to be doing fine to me. The law has no blame for Ford’s lack…

There’s the Maverick starting $2,400 more than Trax if you can find one. I can hardly believe Ford still hasn’t figured out Maverick production.

And what does that have to do with government mandates? Honda sold 200,000 Civics alone in 2023. Were they exempted from these onerous government mandates?

When exactly did the government mandate the killing of small hatchbacks and sedans?

No, the manufacturers are run by shortsighted people who chase quarterly profits. The government didn’t have much at all to do with it.

The government didn’t mandate that Ford kill off all of its affordable offerings. Ford was simply following the cynical “build less, charge more” pricing model that a number of car manufacturers thought they could get away with in the wake of pandemic supply chain issues.

They all thought they could be Tesla on day 1.

HELL NO.

So, there is the Cybertruck.. and everything else.

I can already see the complaint about water coming in from the bottom once they replace that battery.  Especially if its that tech’s first go at this.

Correct, previous Tesla models, the battery mounted to the underside of the floor. Cybertruck makes a lot of things easier and several parts of the interior are mounted to the top of the battery, which speeds up manufacturing.

“They told me this is an exotic car so everyone wants it,” David says.