For Basic/Enhanced I believe it warns you, but you can still cover up the camera and continue to operate. Maybe this will change.

Tesla’s the brand you see most often because its the most popular system in use and more clickbaity. It’s not that other brands don’t have the same issues, just that they don’t get as much attention.

Unless you have very good video footage that can clearly identify the person, it’s unlikely for any charges to stick. Even catching the license plate of a vehicle doesn't really help given the vehicles are typically stolen. There was also a previous loophole under California law about proving a car was locked, which…

From the recall notice, it seems it is more related to using it off controlled access roads. Anyways, I guess we will see, the notice is light on details. The first cars that will see the change are those rolling out the factory.

I had the same question. The article implies union shops have no OSHA violations when that is very much not the case from a quick search (in fact they have drastically more). A deeper analysis would have to be done to see if there is any correlation between the two, much less a casual relation.

This is false. Cars need to meet minimal federal requirements but a crash test rating is not required for sale.

It was Hyundai and the reason why the suit was successful was because the federal government was not able to replicate the results in audit testing using the SAME test methods (the EPA cycle).

Well not exactly. The employees that actually work at Tesla are still working and not striking. Some media reports say it’s fear of being fired, but some have interviewed the workers at Tesla and they felt their pay, especially with the stock compensation, is better than at other places they worked at and they didn’t…

Same thought, I thought it was like $220k. $120k or $20k extra is pretty on par for various “First” edition EVs. It'll probably get some special badging and a low VIN number and maybe some minor styling changes.

Looks like it’s a 12lb Stanley Soft-Face Dead Blow Sledge Hammer. It’s not metal on the outside (there is a urethane coating), but it’s still metal on the inside (steel):

Yep, looks like it won’t dent very easily, unlike practically any car panel in existence.

To be fair, presenting it as “miles off” is a bit misleading, when percentage would be the fair comparison. For example, a 100 mile EV that is 10 miles off is just as bad as a 500 mile EV that is 50 miles off in percentage, except that longer range EV has so much range anyways it probably doesn’t matter, while the…

It’s not only to increase the penalties, but to make criminals aware of it and not have the idea they can get away with little to no consequences. A large penalty that is not widely known to criminals tends to be largely ineffective to prevent crime. For example, if a few cases are very public and known with large…

Which, as mentioned, is not unusual. Most likely they had an embargo request or Tesla submitted last minute (the documents are dated 11/21), and EPA can sometimes take a while to post them. In EPA’s book, they need to receive the test results before Tesla can do deliveries, but it is up to EPA to post them publicly…

That’s the context of how the laws were created in the first place. In the early days, car dealers were the ones who helped set up the sales network and I believe there were cases of car brands trying to open their own stores nearby to reap the benefits. That’s the entire reasoning why they existed and it definitely…

Well the actual logic that supported the laws is to protect dealers from competition from the brands themselves (dealers setting up a sales network in an area and then the brand swooping in and selling direct, taking advantage of all the work the dealer had done). That logic is a bit outdated now in the age where…

That requires someone to post it on social media. I’m just saying it’s not unusual for the rating to not show up on the EPA site until a few days later.

People have been doing this (scalpers) for many things (including Tesla reservations) for a long time. That’s why Tesla previously added a clause that was attempting to curb scalpers, although they removed it shortly, as it seems it sparked a potential mass cancellation by many people complaining.

It’s not a new idea or something that originated from Tesla first. Motor Trend did the same stunt before with the Model X and Alfa Romeo 4C. Obviously the car picked would be in the ballpark of something that can be beat while being towed, or the stunt is pointless. It just shows the vehicle is still ridiculously…

I’m pretty sure there were other deliveries where the numbers were on the window sticker, but EPA’s site didn’t list them yet. Give it a few days before bringing out the pitchforks.