They’ve already bothered to add weights to the steering wheel, keep the belt buckled, and not open any doors in order to pull off this stunt. Adding a bag to the driver’s seat to trick the seat sensor is not going to stop anyone who has already done those other things.

I would argue that it DOES work as advertised. If the driver is doing what Tesla says is their responsibility, like staying in the seat with your seatbelt on, watching the road, and keeping your hands on the wheel, it works as intended.

I’m going to preface this with: I’m not a Tesla owner or a fanboy.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Tesla, rename your damn driving aid system to something other than a term that almost explicitly implies “no input needed”

I’ve never understood why we rarely get cars like this stateside, and when we do, people tend to ridicule them until they leave, leaving us all with homogeneous cars. Do y’all just hate fun or something?

OK, I sit corrected. And in the full upright and locked position. ;)

Other posters have alluded to this, but a big factor is that Airbus just bet wrong on which direction the commercial air market was going to develop back in the 90s when they were developing the A380.

Hi! International flight attendant here.

TL;DR of 360ad’s comment - Airlines are downsizing, not supersizing. The A380 was basically built to be bigger than the 747, but not much else. Aside from the fact that the seats on the thing are even harder to fill, any airport that services the aircraft has to be remodeled to accept it.

The Boeing 787 has a crew compartment located above the forward gallery. From what I’ve heard, it’s not very spacious, but allows for a second crew on long flights.

You make this seem like some amazing new concept, Stef. These have been on long haul planes since the introduction of the 747-400s and A330/40s, because the extended range of the planes meant the flight time could exceed a crew’s allowable work hours.

Here you go:

“You know, these get a bad rap but as long as you keep up with regular maintenance they’re actually rock solid!

Yup, but you mod-motor guys have a good selection of billet replacements.

And you wonder why parts suppliers fear the electric revolution?

No you don’t. Phaetons have V8s or W12s, so your ‘guy’ drives a V8

You don’t own a W8 Passat. A W8 Passat owns you (and your wallet).

This pic here is enough to scare me away. So many chains so many tensioners.

The difference was W12 Phaeton owners could afford it.

You’re a real optimist.