The only “journalism” done on the gear selector is WSJ (the main article almost all the stories are based on) says the car was a 2020 Model X, which you can find uses a physical Mercedes column shifter that was released in 2006. Jalopnik did no such verification, they just “assumed” in their own words that it was the…

Same reaction. I remember some comments speculated she was drunk but it was dismissed. Now knowing she was super super drunk, it makes sense why things happened the way they did. If she wasn’t, even shifting into the wrong gear shouldn’t have this consequence, especially given now we know there was even a retaining…

No we didn’t. See the previous article that practically all blamed the car, whether it’s the manual release or the shifter (which so far still not confirmed, although WSJ reports the car was a 2020 Model X, a year that still had the physical gear stalk). There was zero mention of suggestion she was drunk (much less…

Yes they do, every Tesla has manual releases on the front doors. For rear doors, it’s a mixed bag. Some have hidden releases, the Model 3 has no manual releases. Note this is acceptable for rear doors due to a similar condition for rear child locks (which prevent the doors from opening at all).

Yes, it’s an official Chevy accessory even, not a random third party:

It's mandatory for trunks. This isn't a trunk, plus it isn't fully enclosed from external light, given external light comes in from the cabin windows.

“If you are going to advertise that your system does not require the driver to pay attention on limited access highways”
None of the L2 systems advertise that they do not require the driver to pay attention. In fact all of them have various nags that complain when it detects you are not paying attention.

As you mention, it likely depends on what type of road you are on, as that changes whether you have your high beams on, what speeds you are travelling and whether you have the mindset to expect animals in the middle of the road. Also matters if the road was curved or straight. From the account it seems the car was…

Not sure why you don’t mention it, but the CRV that was hit was in the middle lane with the lights off at night. That is a recipe for disaster even with a human driver.

I find it funny that they think gull wing doors are cool when Apple does it, but they hated on it when it was Tesla doing it.

Well, reviews tend to be based on opinion, especially video reviews with a “personality”. Heck, Top Gear worked a long time on a similar format. Basically different people care about different things, same applies to reviewers. Given he comes from a phone reviewer background, UI probably weighs in heavily. For other…

Plus, like any other car, the current "gear" is displayed on the dash for all versions as is required by Federal law.

“but because the issue revolves around the screen shifting problem, we can assume it was the latter.”

Except my point is if you read the wall street journal article, nowhere does it say it involved the touchscreen, it says “gearshift” which suggests the regular stalk. The same WSJ also said the car was a 2020 Model X, which doesn’t have the touchscreen system.

Mythbusters says it’s not a myth:

If it was a 2020 Model X as the WSJ article claims, it even has standard manual door handles (not the separate button and emergency handle) and it does not have the touchscreen shifter. I wonder where the author here got that it had the touchscreen shifter given the article doesn't mention it.

Yes it does, the WSJ source article also doesn’t say it was the touchscreen shifter, but in fact it says it was a 2020 Model X which does not have the touchscreen shifter.

Do you have any confirmation it has the touchscreen shifter or what model year it was? The article you link claims it was a 2020 Model X which has the Mercedes column shifter. Nowhere does it mention the touchscreen.

For most people, the cause doesn’t matter, because they are deliberately targeting innocent civilian vehicles. Most reports do however point out their justification for doing so, just that few people buy it as justified. They already lost the audience by the way they went around doing it. They are literally using…

It used to require a keycard, but due to popular demand, that requirement was removed in subsequent updates. This is because many people lose their key cards and they end up not being able to set up new keys themselves, which then requires a service visit, which is a huge hassle.