True. However, I think that can be attributed somewhat to the global financial meltdown, not just those businesses particular structures or their individual choices. Tesla manages to burn through cash and always ask for more in a market where most other businesses seem to be doing fairly well.

$30,00 is on the low end, even. Didn’t Musk say the average was $42,000? Not to mention the tax credits won’t be available in most states, and the Federal ones are going to expire after Tesla reaches 200,000 units.

Every OEM does it, but not every OEM burns through cash that fast and constantly has to ask for more. While I accept the basic premise that everyone does it, Tesla are a bit different in how much they do it.

Being forced to wear burqas, even! (Bonus if you’re from Boston. “Bur-cahs”)

Finally, learning German comes in handy. Basically says that it was supplied for testing, not for normal driving conditions. The intent in building that cheating code seems clear, though.

I think its a question of who wrote the code that did the actual cheating. All this article says is that the engine software was “armed with software provided by Bosch...crafted to recognize when the car was being tested.” Who did that “crafting,” BOSCH or VW post-BOSCH?

I’d sure hope so, in both cases. If I park my car in the sun, I’d prefer it default to tinted and block some of the greenhouse effect.

Question about electrochromic tint: what happens if the”electro” part of that is cut off? Is it like eInk, where it just stays the way it was, or does it default to one state (clear vs. tinted) and need constant power to maintain the opposite state?

I really think they will. It’s definitely what they hinted at.

Good news! Tesla has also said “There is of course one speed faster than ludicrous, but that is reserved for the next generation Roadster in 4 years.”

When the manufacturer’s advertising implies the system is more capable than it really is, and when the system can be activated and used without clearly imparting to the user all of its limitations, then yes, it’s the manufacturer’s fault. They’re setting up great expectations and not doing enough to prevent people…

“It is an autopilot that functions as the word autopilot actually means rather than what people who don’t know how it functions thinks it means.”

Tesla are strongly implying that the car is autonomous. Calling it Autopilot, letting translations imply more capability than it has, Musk promoting videos of drivers being irresponsible...of course people are going to believe that it can do more than it can. Tesla are responsible for that, and they aren’t doing…

That could be considered an invasion of privacy.

If the manufacturer strongly implies that it’s fully autonomous, then buries the instructions in a one-time-only screen that the user can accept without actually reading, it’s not good enough.

What’s with the raging boner for jail time? Seriously?

1. Require hands on the wheel at all times, maybe include a driver-facing camera that forces the driver to scan the horizon, make the driver agree to the terms any time they try to activate the system. Any number of ways the system can require more interaction, especially early on in this “learning” phase for the…

“Advanced Driving Device with Adaptive Speed and Steering.” Now that they have S, 3, X, Y, they just need to “ADD ASS.”

It’s not a trivial complaint to say “Tesla needs to better explain what their system can and cannot do, and not imply that it is more powerful than it is. Tesla should also do more to ensure driver interaction with the vehicle, at this point in time.” That’s not trivial, they are concrete ideas to improve the system.

That would be Tesla advocating illegal actions. Of course they shouldn’t be allowed to do that, and that advertisement would be shut down. People would be punished as well for doing something clearly illegal.