Well the person who gave CNN access showed behind the scenes video that shows a fairly different story, Ballaban wasn’t nearly as “skittish” as the CNN video portrays and seemed fairly confident in operating it and making observations about its characteristics (good or bad, although the good ones seems to have been…

The goal was to have the ability to have a wide opening in a narrow space (like a sliding door does), but to avoid the stigma of a minivan by having a cooler door design. Thus the “falcon wing” doors (basically gullwing doors but with an extra degree of articulation to allow opening in very narrow spaces). It’s…

That issue was fixed already in a 2019 update with an updated version with a tow hitch opening. The Model 3 also ranks higher than other Tesla models that didn’t have the other issues, so it’s obviously it doesn’t really play a factor in the ratings.

That only happened one time though, while the MachE that supposedly had a higher rating had a whole recall done for it.

The other $7500 is the regular credit that already exists that has no such strings attached, you neither have to have a union made or a domestic made EV to get it. The only change there was to reset the count for those that used their quota already.

Yeah the various premium brands cost a lot to repair even for a crash that does not affect the chassis (even rear bumper and trunk damage costs like $10k to repair). If you get into a crash severe enough to damage this part (which is deep within the vehicle) the chances the car would have been totalled anyways, is…

Yeah, I was expecting a huge insurance bill for my Tesla, but it’s really no different than any car of its price. The regular insurance variables (like your age, driving history, etc) play a far bigger role.

My understanding is this is the biggest casting/mold used on automotive history. Usually automakers (including Tesla’s precious design) do smaller parts and put them together (via welding, adhesives, or bolts).

Eh, we all know the provision are politicians catering to their donors. When the initial proposal was half domestic / half union, there wasn’t as much of a backlash, but they decided to be shameless and give $4500 to unions and only $500 to domestic.

You are looking for lane departure prevention, but AP is not that (it’s a separate setting). AP keeps the car on the lane on its own and your input on the wheel is only as a mechanism to detect you are paying attention, not for you to put in any real input (which deactivates the system).

From the most recent recall, there were 11,704 vehicles running FSD Beta 10.3 as of 10/23/2021. That sets a minimum number given they cancelled the rollout of that update on 10/24/2021 (so not every FSD Beta car got that update).

Couldn’t have said it better. There is nothing wrong with the car itself, probably an excellent and fine car. But it has almost nothing to do with the Integra badge. Call it a ILX hatchback and it would be no different. People who were Integra fans were likely hoping a little more of a bone thrown for the nostalgia…

I was half expecting this, and it’s pretty much exactly it. Basically an ILX hatchback with an Integra badge stuck on it (or alternatively a Civic hatchback with an Acura badge).

Sorry, neither case holds up to scrutiny:

More like trying to imply insider trading, when most of the examples, there is no mechanism for him to do that.

Not having to do smog at all, beats having to constantly adjust the smog standards just to accommodate some vehicles. To be clear, I’m not advocating a blanket ICE ban (I’m fine with keeping classic vehicles around with smog test exemptions, as well as continually selling new niche ICE vehicles), but just that at this…

But car companies pledges are only concerned with the new cars they sell. If they continue pushing new hybrids for the next 3 years, all that means is that you have a bunch of vehicles that will be in the fleet another 20 years or so that still use fossil fuels. As for cleaner fuels for current ICE vehicles, that can…

Sounds like a strawman. I doubt very many Tesla fans bought the car based on the infotainment system, especially given the rise of Android Auto and Apple Carplay. For example, if you threw the infotainment system into a Mirage or a Leaf, or even something more of its class, like a A4, 3-series, C-Class, people still…

Yeah, never heard of this. Even more of a fail if this was at an EA charger (given VW is involved in both, I remember one of the cross country stunts was coordinated with EA and Porsche this way). That’s a pretty big engineering blunder and a potential huge safety hazard (the chargers should never damage the car, the…

People still use the wheel because the screen is tiny, you have to reach forward too much to use it, and they have been using the same system and may not be even aware of the touch screen. Sure, the writing on the wheel is better than the scroll wheel, but that’s only because the scroll wheel is so much worse. It’s…