Yep, anti-pinch sensors are not anywhere perfect and can’t be reasonably expected to be perfect. I’m sure the Model X has them, but this is a case where it failed.

They’ve been using both from the start. The FritoLay branded ones are hauling chips, the Pepsi branded ones are hauling beverages. Naysayers of course say they are all hauling chips and Tesla Semi can’t possibility go any decent distance hauling heavier loads, which this test disproves. Also, I’m skeptical the load…

Not for vehicle fires on scene in a scenario like this. The main goal on the scene is to extinguish it such that you can save people possibly trapped inside, and it’s possible with plain old water. If necessary to preserve the remains for crash investigation, afterwards firefighters may run a smaller stream of water…

But the goal in this case isn’t to eliminate all possibly of reignition (even after thermal runaway has been stopped, internal shorts in the battery can start another new thermal runaway event). Thermal runaway ceases when the battery is below the reaction temperature, just that a new event can happen due to shorts…

Not true, it’s possible to extinguish them in minutes using just water (as linked by others). But the dry chemical extinguishers in most portable extinguishers are largely useless against them (although it may help with the fire driven by other flammable materials in the vehicle).

The sales figures are actually opposite of what you say. They have continued to have strong growth YoY, so their current strategy seems to be working just fine. I don’t think the market values full platform changes as much as you say they do.

Yeah, the Model S/X is the higher end and a step above the VinFast in both price and target market. Not sure why they use that comparison instead of comparing to Model 3/Y (which sold over a million). I guess they did that contrived comparison because otherwise it wouldn’t make sense (as you point out, 50k seems…

737-MAX was a disaster in terms of the design of MCAS and the resulting effects, but as pointed out, my impression was the aircraft was still a sales success leading up to that terms (so Boeing’s read on the market was still on point). From a quick search, with the issues fixed, the orders are resuming and it seems…

It irks me when auto journalists can’t even get the basic units for energy (kWh) vs power (kW) correct. That statement is as senseless as saying this engine makes 10 gallons of gasoline’s worth of power, which makes zero sense.

To be fair to them, this is not like the many incidents by other agencies whee it’s the agency that calls in the car as stolen. It seems in this case the prior renter was at fault, while Avis handled the aftermath poorly.

I saw this brought up before in EV forums by people talking about their personal experiences at gas stations. An EV does allow you to avoid them, which might be useful if you typically are forced to refuel in sketchier parts of town.

Just because you didn’t have it happen doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to people. Again it happened to someone in this thread and it was trivial to find people complaining in forums about it happening to BMWs. The point is the button design has obvious advantages for frameless door use, and Tesla’s not the only one nor…

As mentioned by others (and linked also) solutions that use a manual handle and a separate sensor typically still allows the glass to rub against the trim if you open the door fast enough. The button avoids that given it's electronic, so the car can time it perfectly (only unlatch after window already dropped).

It’s possible to do it by microswitch, but that still allows the window to rub the seal if the door is open fast enough. Examples linked:

Yep, that was what the buttons avoid. With a manual door handle and sensor, there is still a chance of the window rubbing on the seal, given the window dropping happens afterwards (not before).

They actually didn’t need to do that either. They just need to enter a destination in the nav and it’ll automatically route the car through charging stations if necessary. It's actually one of the easiest EVs to use if you are clueless about charging stations.

It’s because of the frameless doors. The button allows the glass to drop down first before the door latch opens. The Corvette had electronic releases for the same reason.

I never had a car with them and didn’t know they were that bad. People who had them seem complain a lot about the Model 3 not having them, so perhaps they like the light being on even when it’s safe to change lanes.

Except they have no such ability nor desire to do so. Automakers don’t want to get into the charging station business (in their eyes that’s like building gas stations for cars, which traditionally is not an automaker’s role). The closest thing was Electrify America (funded by VW in lieu of fines for diesel gate) and…

NACS is being adopted into SAE as an official open standard (something that Tesla actively pushed for and was actually pushed back against by others, not the other way around), so it’ll be under FRAND terms. So there is no risk to using it, certainly not any worse than the existing CCS standard (in fact CCS is more…