The obvious conclusion is Boeing did it, but that would be the obvious conclusion before the fact and anybody planning it would have to be Trump levels of non-self aware to not see that.

Ultimately this feels like a place that ev makers should be forced to include this as a standard protocol like obd2

Indeed. And in the unlikely chance they DID have something to do with it... yikes. The lights are shining on them now, that’s for sure. 

I’m not normally one to argue in favor of nationalizing a business rather than regulating it, but if this man was murdered to stop him from telling everyone how they skirted the regulations...

Not a point worth dying for. Doubly so if you actually wanted to see people brought to justice, which this guy seemed to.

I’m from vsNEW - happy to answer this. We’ve tested against manufacturer tools and some limited tests where we measure battery capacity by draining the battery and charging it slowly. We think we are within 3% of true capacity with our 2 minute test (compared to hours at a charger), and expect to improve our models ove…

You think he killed himself to... make Boeing look bad...?

He got Epsteined, and like Epstein they won’t find the killer.  The FBI should look into this not the local police.

While you’re correct, it’s still more info than we’ve had access to so far. It would’ve been interesting to “test drive” something brand new and scan its battery health too.

No matter the actual cause of death, yeah, the optics are *really* fucking bad for Boeing.

Not even Boeing’s famous quality assurance team could have done such a sloppy job. All they’ve done is just bring more attention to the problem.

yes, Panasonic built great batteries ahah

Was in a shop in Alberta and they had a bunch of dead powerstrokes and two burned out trucks, guy said it was bad tunes and not Nickleback, too much heat and the engines just melt stuff

“Those jackbooted Gubmint thugs can pry away my God-given right to pollute from my cold, dead hands (and engine)”

For many diesel enthusiasts, though, that’s not enough to do any “real” work

Glad to help; sometimes I have to make up for my Totally Objectively-Correct, Always-Factchecked Takes (TM) with an honest-to-god public service.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

I dont think this was suicide. If he really wanted to likely kill himself, he’d just fly on a Boeing plane once a week.

There is almost 0 chance this was a legit suicide, and the people that arranged this were ridiculously sloppy and careless with their planning. He was in the middle of testifying about Boeing (his life’s work the last few years) and wasn’t done! I don’t care how depressed you are, you’d at least see that through.

Oh man, this guy Epsteined himself. Feel pretty sorry for him - You spend your whole life trying your very best to be excellent at what you do, but bean counters are always hanging out in the shadows to shit all over your ideas. This is why things used to be built better, because they were designed and built by people…