“Musk ultimately lost that battle when the case was dismissed by UK courts in 2013.”

The first one was an outlier after multiple suits where that argument failed.

I see this argument a lot suggesting that is how L2 cars make things more dangerous, but that comes with the assumption that drunk drivers wouldn’t attempt to drive drunk in the absence of the tech, which is generally false (same thing with drowsy driving). Instead L2 at least gives a decent chance the drunk doesn’t…

Autopilot was already blamed in multiple suits and the argument failed. The naming is a red herring (Tesla can easily point to the textbook definition of Autopilot anyways, which is a system that still requires the pilot/copilot to monitor the plane and where the pilot/copilot is still legally responsible). What…

I’m guessing they have a generator onboard? I did research for someone getting a backup generator and there are quite a few decent inverter generators that can charge EVs.

According to the parts catalog for the Highland refresh, the part numbers are different even though they look similar:

The car in question is a major refresh. Some people did a teardown and there are many major changes. In the body, they changed the sound proofing significantly. Although the overall shape might be similar, the doors are actually different too because they added a side impact latch:

You want to do this when the car is brand new. Even if you don’t opt for PPF, a lot of people opt for ceramic coat, which you want to do on a clean surface. Waiting until it gets dirty (and likely with some clearcoat damage at minimum) doesn’t make sense because you would be building on a flawed surface. Note this is…

Even for a Performance? From what I see in the forums, a lot of people cross shop that with cars like the M3 and it is actually pretty decent value for what you get.

Yeah, I think the requirement is likely outdated. Also many now have brake based traction seeking functions which works surprisingly well to find traction on the available wheel and stop the spinning wheel from spinning (even with a car with a open or limited slip diff). Computer control systems have advanced…

My impression is the amount of water released is much more than rainwater, especially the type that can release 60 gpm. Yes obviously blasting it directly with a firehose from the bottom is more effective, but presumably sprinklers from the top still help, or NFPA wouldn’t be pushing for this requirement.

That sounds even more inexpensive, but NFPA instead is now requiring all new garages to have sprinkler systems in order to deal with EV fires.

I thought this would be another effective LG Chem thing like what happened to the Bolt, but looks like the battery brand is Farasis, some kind of Chinese brand I’ve never heard of.

The door didn’t actually break, the door cards popped out (which they also did in the F150). Car doors generally aren’t designed to be slammed that hard, plus with truck doors they are heavy and thus carry even more energy.

If you are talking about drop, the bumper does nothing to protect the subframe because they smacked into it from the bottom. If you look at how bumpers are designed, they protect against rear ending but do nothing to protect against impact from the bottom.

Same thought. It’s negligence not to check a license, but it’s not necessarily reasonable to expect dealers to check arrest records, as not every county allows you to do so, nor necessarily is it easy for someone to know where to look it up.

Yeah when a dog is referred in any way as an emotional support animal, it’s complete BS and not a service animal, as protected by ADA. Too many people try to pull this BS in order to get their pets into places that don't allow pets. A service animal is very a different thing.

Yep, California lawmakers tried to redefine contractor to somehow exclude Uber/Lyft in a very contrived way (no logical definition of contractor would have excluded Uber/Lyft), but in the process they also excluded many other professions (including freelance writers), then they had to rush and push amendments to carve…

In Teslas you can use a pin number protected speed limit mode which limits the max speed and acceleration of the car. You can also further put it in Valet mode to limit things further. Any parent with a young teen driver should probably use those features.

But they do crash test for minimum standards as required by federal law. The issue here is more with the more detailed star rating. That part is optional.