unexplained fires are a matter for the courts

Confirmation of your bias exists in the fact that many of those articles you complain about are sourced from Tesla owners. Jalopnik didn’t create them from thin air.

It has no crumple zones. It has no side impact rails. It has a steer by wire system with no mechanical backup, so if you lose power mid-corner you’re going to die. It cannot go through a car wash without ruining the body panels. It has a windshield wiper that breaks down constantly. It has a manual release for the…

Its not the first production vehicle to use a 48v system. Bentley was the first. RAM uses 48v systems in their e-torque models. 

I’m indeed very well aware how deep the anti-Tesla biased reporting has descended to...

None of the features you mentioned (except for maybe the voltage) are unique in any way and are technologies that have been around for a decade or more. The steer-by-wire is not the first, but is apparently the first without a mechanical fail-safe. So the Cybertruck IS the best at deleting practical engineering and…

Sadly buying a $100K look-at-me vehicle and then intentionally damaging by walking on it and throwing stuff at it has become “the most American” thing to do these days. I long for the days when people tried to cover up their stupidity.

Read it again. The article says they Tesla implied they tested the truck by showing a crash video but they have provided no data and they have released misleading videos in the past.

Welcome to 1970

I’m going to be “that guy” and point out that while the Bolt had the fire issues, it was not on the Ultium platform at all but used an older design for the battery infrastructure. There have been no fire issues with the Ultium-based GM EVs.

Every automaker does this and has for decades.  It’s not some new trick that GM has figured out.

I’m not that familiar with buybacks, but wouldn’t these cars have some type of warranty from GM for the repairs? I assume they still have the original 8 year/100k miles warranty on the battery at least, no?

No, you’re not. The situation of not testing every vehicle sold for operations on public highways effectively creates a ‘some people are above the law’ situation and don’t have to comply with regulations. This is a situation where the NHTSA needs to take a firm hand.  No test results, no clearance to sell.…

Shouldn’t the automakers have to give cars for the government to test? Maybe I’m overstepping the reach of our .gov here, but it seems like this should be how all cars are tested. I’m not expecting a niche brand (Bugatti, Rimac, etc.) to give a car for this due to limited production, but I would certainly think…

I can always tell when I’m about to see a Jeep or a lifted bro truck because they’re on these same category of cheap-as-shit M/T tires that are horrible both on and off road. Their only market is bro-dudes that need the tough look and are too cheap to pay for tires that look cool but won’t WARB-WARB-WARB-WARB all the…

A ‘Prime’ Camry (assuming its possible) would be perfect for me in a few years. Or you know what would be better, like a properly sporty version of the Rav4 Prime. A few inches lower with decent suspension and halfway decent tires...I’d buy one.

That’s not necessarily true?

They barely beat Wall Street estimates that were revised significantly downward in the past quarter. Without the downward revisions, they would have missed estimates.

I think it would be a win for all of us if Tesla fanboys were incapable of reproducing.

If I were GIFTED a Tesla, I’d sell it and buy a Hyundai.