You do realize Tesla makes the batteries as well right? And it is not like you can just toss a bunch of cells unto the casing willy nilly. They need support and heat dissipation designed and crafted for the lower number of cells. That takes time and money while a software lock is easy as shit.

Except that battery pack needs different tooling, and they need to order materials and store them which would be at a smaller scale than if they just used the bigger packs so volume discounts go down. there are a lot of factors that go into it beyond just “swapping part A with part B”.

I mean, does it though?

So glad the dealer laws here in North Carolina are there to me protect from buying directly from a manufacturer. I’d hate to get taken advantage of.

So do Teslas if owners read the damn manual:

It’s not lying if the owners manual explicitly states this up front: “Rated driving range is based on EPA-rated consumption in the United States, which deviates from tests advertised and performed in other jurisdictions.” “Displayed range is based on regulating agency certification (EPA) and is not adapted based on…

I have a Tesla Model 3 and have road tripped it a few times.

It warns and if you act on the warning it resets the timer and if you do not put your hands on the wheel then autopilot disengages. It happens quickly and does not take a half hour or an hour. It doesn’t just warn you 150 times before it does anything.

I think Jalopnik’s human skin is tearing and the ChatGPT is starting to show.

“Whether by drone, airplane, or satellite, the idea of insurers keeping tabs on their customers’ properties is unnerving.”

My thoughts exactly. How is paying a parking ticket getting screwed? If I don’t pay child support and go to jail am I also getting screwed twice because now I’m in jail and still have to pay my child support to get out? What a world we live in!

don’t impress the accountants so they don’t add to resale value.

The US already allows Chinese companies to build factories here, in fact:

They sell Chinese cars in Malaysia. The salesmen joke openly that the car should come with a grave plot and a coffin, just in case you accidentally back into a pole reversing out of your driveway. After seeing a few of the cars post accident, it’s not a joke.

It worked and continues to work. There are just future features that are not completed yet, and like any software ever there is the potential of bugs.

These are also known as Advisory Bike Lanes.

Gas cars can be put out faster, but they happen about 60x given the same number of EV and gas vehicles in a sample, so I would guess there’s still more net water and time used putting them out

This was your response to death and destruction.

It certainly suits your obvious agenda!

So like Google Lens?  I’ve never owned an iPhone that wasn’t for work.  So no idea if Apple had a Google Lens.