And yet their cars have some of the highest safety ratings in the industry.

I wonder how they had the suspension set? I tried to pause it but couldn’t really tell. Most people comment on how the X is just a big, low slung minivan-ish thing but they have adjustable air suspension with a range of 6 or so inches (very low, low, standard, high, very high). Mine is set to low all of the time. For…

It’s all about the data. 20 extra stopping feet is valid data. Dig deep. It may well be an issue. Saying the rear seat feels harder isn’t valid. Saying your ass-simulator 5000 seat tester measures x on the M3 and the average measurement for other cars in its class is y would be valid data but they didn’t do that. The…

Interesting but I hate how they combine subjective reasons for not recommending it with objective data. 150+ foot stopping distance. That is objective data. Tesla will review their tests and if they are valid, make a change to the car or if they are invalid, explain why. I suspect they are invalid because CR admitted…

But the company has added enough options to the car to have a version that starts at $78,000, or about $16,000 more than a base Model S.

The problem is still lazy reporting. They stop at “Tesla with AP crashes” and don’t drill down into whether or not the AP system failed or if some other cause was to blame. They don’t provide context or comparisons to other vehicles. The coverage is biased from how the reporter *thinks* the system should work instead…

This is stupid and the people that made it and the ones that use it should be shot...BUT...didn’t we just have an article yesterday about how evil Tesla doesn’t care if you pay attention while AP is in use? Why yes we did. Hmmm. So, which is it? They don’t care or they nag you so much to hold the wheel some dipshit…

How about a message every time you turn it on and if it senses you aren’t holding the wheel, it flashes and starts loud beeping until ultimately disabling the feature until you come to a stop and put the car in park?

It doesn’t matter what they call it. Say they call it the 100% perfect never crash mode. You buy the car, enable 100%PNCM (not a very catchy name), and drive around with your hands a millimeter from the wheel yelling OMG, it’s driving itself! During that time, while your safely paying hyper attention to it, you…

Because it enhances the safety of the much greater number of people that can handle the responsibility.

“Drivers are taking their eyes off the road without concerns because they bought a system that says it drives for them.”
 

Unless the study was for the same number of cars and the same number of SUVs hitting the same number of people with a different resulting number of fatalities, SUVs are not the cause.

How many times have we heard Tesla is burning through money and is doomed? I’m not worried because I know how they are spending the money (re-investment) and that it will have massive long term benefit.

No. Just no. We do not have some massive epidemic of people being killed by their cars. We’ve had what, 4 deaths in Tesla/Uber cars? Literally THOUSANDS of people die every day in car accidents. What we have is an optional feature that provides immense value for the vast majority of people that use it properly that…

I agree 100% but would add that I feel a greater threat from punk looters and rioters in the case of natural disaster/epidemic/food shortage/extended power outage etc. We have seen time after time how often things like this occur and how it brings out the animal in people who don’t prepare for them. Don’t take away my…

Old Sandy is singing a different story now. https://insideevs.com/tearing-into-a-tesla-model-3/

Employee of Automatic Systems Inc. was hurt performing job that was designed and supervised by Automatic Systems Inc. - No one cares. Oh, you say it happened in a Tesla factory? OMG!!! Tesla sucks!!! They’re trying to cover it up!!! They are unsafe!!! Now it’s worthy of Jalopnik.

To humble Hellcat and Demon owners :)

I have a Tesla. There is zero chance someone can get the impression it will drive for them. This is why. People fall into 1 of 3 categories:

This video proves it was 100% the driver at fault because here we have another driver in the same spot with the same AP system that makes the same mistake because of lane markings etc. and yet because he’s paying attention, he has plenty of time to correct and the car doesn’t kill him. The only way you die here is if…