Rally cars do 0 to 60 in 1.9 secs now. Not easy but not impossible.

I think most people will soon want electric cars not because they are cool or green or whatever but because they are cheaper and better than gas powered cars by all measurements. We are not quite at that point yet but at the rapid rate electric cars are improving it will be very soon.

There is video of the “near miss” from multiple angles on other websites. The jetliner was on the ground at the time and Ford just flew way over top. Big deal. At no time was there a risk of collision. He would have just gone up again if he thought there was a risk. As it was he extended his touchdown to clear the…

From Elon’s comments and their actions you can deduce what really happened in the fatal crash. The radar did, in fact, see the truck and trailer as an obstacle. The problem was the system primarily used the Mobileye camera coupled to and backed up by radar. Mobileye said their system was not programmed to detect…

In Europe the Tesla driver in the Florida crash may have walked away due to a low tech, very simple solution that is common in other parts of the world.

In Europe the Tesla driver in the Florida crash may have walked away.

The U.S. needs to catch up to other parts of the world in regards to tractor trailer safety.

The U.S. needs to catch up to other parts of the world in regards to tractor trailer safety.

The U.S. needs to catch up to other parts of the world in regards to tractor trailer safety.

The U.S. needs to catch up to other parts of the world in regards to tractor trailer safety.

Hopefully one of the NHTSA’s recommendations is all trailers are to have mandatory side rails as required in Europe. They would have prevented the Tesla from going under the trailer and allowed the air bags to save the driver. Side rails would also likely have been detected as an obstacle by the Tesla radar and it…

Wrong. How long does it take for a truck to make a left turn and have the trailer in front of the Tesla especially if it doesn’t stop first? 1-2 seconds? And how long is it before it's out of the way? .5 secs? Only after the truck starts a turn could it be identified as an obstacle instead of safely passing in the…

Correct. For some reason the story is about Tesla and not the negligent truck driver. See police drawing of the accident.

Clearly the truck driver was at fault by turning left right in front of the Tesla moving at high speed. See police drawing of the accident here: