It was AP 2.0 hardware in 2016 demonstrating what would be possible in the future if you bought the FSD package, which came out at the same time.

Was there any evidence that the spike strips were applied here incorrectly or out of protocol? I don’t see anything presented that suggests that. The situation of the perp trying to avoid spike strips can happen no matter how you apply them, it’s a built in risk of using them.

Well, using lidar maps doesn’t really change whether the cars have the hardware, just like how Cadillac SuperCruise uses lidar maps, but the car doesn’t have any lidar. Regular maps are also made using satellite imagery and high accuracy GNSS receivers that work with ground stations, but the cars that use such maps don…

Yeah, that part didn’t make sense to me, maybe they mixed up the order. As for who is the right or wrong in this case, really hard to say without more evidence, you only get verbal accounts from either side. Could easily be the passengers being used to “customer is always right”, not knowing it doesn’t really apply on…

No, but mentioning something nicely is better than a snarky bit about doing it the “hard way”, while at the same time watching everything in amusement (which they were likely aware of given he was close enough to make the comment). Would be a different case if he didn’t do that.

I remember a previous article where people said police should just go ahead of the suspect and use spike strips instead of pursuing. Well we see one of the results of that when it goes wrong. Nothing is as easy as people try to make it out to be.

Well there’s also the fact that in terms of automotive history BYD started out by making a copy of the Corolla (with a Honda City back end grafted), called the F3. Supposedly it was such a direct copy, body panels are interchangeable (quite a few examples of such copies in Chinese automotive history).

The difference is Hyundai didn’t go through multiple rounds of trying to fix things with software updates (including a “final” one that turned out not so final). They also didn’t reach the point that even brand new 2022 MY Konas needed recall, while GM did.

The battery modules aren’t safe however, unlike the Nissan ones. There is a very real risk of fires from using these defective GM modules.

Yep, RAV4 Prime shows how out of touch GM’s move was. If GM made a Volt based SUV, they would have been raking in the money like Toyota is now. Instead they scrapped all that tech.

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).