Tesla actually does allow more than one account to control the same car, it’s just most people don’t set it up that way because it’s a hassle to manage two accounts.

Yeah, I see no legal basis for the woman to request Tesla to remove app access to the vehicle when the husband was still the owner. If she wants sole access to the car, that needs to be ordered by the court to change ownership.

Given this is based on insurance quotes, could this simply be just that Tesla owners are more likely to claim insurance? This is based on the cars being generally newer, costing more to fix (than even other similar new cars), so people are more likely to go for insurance than to fix out of pocket. I also venture to…

Except adaptive cruise do NOT react to all vehicles the same way! Nor should they be expected to.

Some of these so called experts don’t know the difference between an L2 vehicle and an L3+. You are correct, Autopilot is just a adaptive cruise system with lane centering. It is not tasked with handling all situations. Tesla already did an update to detect emergency vehicles and to slow down the vehicle when it does,…

The way features are advertised plays no role in recalls. It didn’t back in the 2016 investigation, nor did it do so here. And Tesla is very clear even during ordering that the car does not drive itself, especially with the AP feature that is being addressed in the current recall (which is not about FSD Beta).

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…