Carbon fiber is weaker in compression (about 50% that of in tension) and it also weakens further from cyclic stress, but that’s different from saying it has zero strength in compression. With proper accounting for the reduction in initial strength (which they seemed to have done to even do a single dive) and cyclic…

Yeah, for example the compass I imagine had to do with the full steel construction of the first prototype, which didn’t apply to the later carbon fiber one.

The 125k annual number was only the peak factory capacity at the end of 2023 (meaning factory floor can support that much). At the same time they announced that they tempered that they don’t expect production to be significant until around 2025. It was always going to be a slow production ramp (which is why there was…

The middle two are valid questions though. The Tesla no resell policy for Cybertruck was widely reported and you didn’t even need to be an owner to know about it.

Not happening especially with the limited stock. Tesla does offer extended test drives, but I don’t think they have stock of the Cybertruck.

Yeah, I have doubts about that too. For example, is a throttle cable breaking or snagging more unlikely than the pedal sensors failing? We have been using accelerator by wire for so long and it seems pretty rock solid in terms of reliability. If similar parts are used for the steering actuation, then it shouldn’t be…

You pointed out everything I wanted to point out. In what world is 125 ms worse than 280 ms? Maybe the author thought 0.125 ms is more than 0.28 because the zero was omitted?

That explanation was taken pretty much verbatim from the NHTSA letter about the China recall:

Ditto on hating the mustache. The rest of the car looks ok.

I think it will come to if all 8 smelled, how bad it was, and if there were other passengers that also smelled but didn’t get kicked off.

AEB generally only works going forward. Tesla did add reverse AEB, but it has much more limited functionality. Plus when the driver is applying throttle and steering in a very deliberate action it likely overrides the AEB anyways.

I’m scratching my head about the latter. Tesla very much does not cover up battery degradation. In fact it’s the exact opposite. It shows it front and center in a number that is easy to understand. The EPA rated range displayed by the car (which you can toggle to show battery percentage instead) is simply the usable…

If that is the case, then degradation is only 9-11% over 4 years, meaning the cars are well on track to outlast the 8 year warranty (which is 30% degradation).

Yeah, comparing it to real world range vs EPA messes up the analysis. The article mixes this up too by throwing in the 70% warranty. The 70% warranty is pack capacity which the car displays as a EPA rated range number. This is different from the real world range, which is what this data shows.

A vast majority of the OTA feature improvements are free (including this one). There are only a few locked software options (like FSD, performance boost in long range models, and some models with software locked range).

Yep, UK EVs of that era were slow, short range city cars. Also DC charging was relatively rare and not enough to make frequent long distance driving viable for most owners. As such the EV data would be heavily skewed to city driving where there are pedestrians, and the amount of time per mile spent on the road is much…

The absolute price isn’t the core factor. If there were 200 million EVs sold per year and they have been selling for decades, then even at $20k for a new pack there would be plenty of third party refurb or clone battery demand. But right now most EVs are selling more on the order of 10k units per year, and most of…

If the battery is damaged, any EV is expensive to repair. As for the other parts, I don’t think there is much difference from other new premium cars. It’s just the parts lead times may be longer, so you pay more for storage if your car is sitting in the repair shop waiting for them. Also there aren’t many if any third…

I saw in the Tesla forums experience of some nightmare Hertz purchases with damage. Basically the ones they are selling off are probably the worst examples and like most rental cars, treated like crap.

That’s a widespread myth, but exists neither in the California DMV Handbook nor in the actual law (even though even some police officers believe this myth). The only “3 second” rule that exists in the Handbook is the following distance.