Please stop publishing headlines suggesting a company “loses” money on every sale. In addition to being a gross oversimplification of how R&D spending and actual manufacturing costs work, it’s just wrong on its face.

Is it at all possible that in those 10 days the driver didn’t actually know yet that they were accumulating the tickets? So, clearly, speeding in a school zone is not ideal, a presumed lag in the system would mean they didn’t realize they were racking up fines. 

As a dude who just bought a 2-year-old  model Y for half price, I thank him and other new-car buyers for their sacrifice.  Also quoted trade-in value is a scam if your car is in any kind of decent condition.  I've sold my last 3 cars myself for 2-4x their "trade in value.". 

Most of this sounds more like “sports car as a cruiser” problems than “EV as a cruiser” problems.

What not both?

If there was enough volume, like with Teslas and Leafs, there will be aftermarket inverter (control) boards and aftermarket battery management systems (BMS).

The point of the design is to not stress the glass when opening the door. If you need to exit in an emergency you won’t care if the window breaks.

Well, given that the CT did the davis dam test, we can at least assume* its J2807 certified. If it is, then it has to meet a structural weight requirement that is at least the maximum rated tow load on the hitch.

I am wagging my finger at Elon Musk because he has presented his solution as an ethical option and his idiot fanboys repeat such claims until they’re backed into a corner (exhibit A, thank you).

But it’s been a common problem, so wondering if it might the cause in this accident isn’t a far reach.

You can change the level of regenerative braking on the Tesla, from what I recall. Not sure if you can completely turn it off on the Tesla (I drive a Kia EV6 and you can turn regenerative braking off).
Either way, I’m not seeing your point here. You don’t have to keep the foot on the gas pedal for a controlled slow…

One can despise Elon and also recognize that ICE cars do also explode.

Teslas are definitely not known to have bugs after updates where people can’t open their doors, even with the manual latch

Why was that? Were the doors wedged shut (as can happen to any car) or were they unable to open the doors because Tesla won’t install actual door handles?

Why would you assume that? I mean it could be, but it could also be the 70 year old just hit the accelerator and panicked like many old people do. If it was anything but a Tesla, that would be the likely assumption, right?

“In the review, Clarkson commented on the poor range of the car, which lasted just 55 miles on a race track, and claimed that it took an eye-watering 16 hours to top the battery up once again.”

Are we really arguing that tesla programming cars to operate more naturaly is a bad thing?

1st Gear: Alternate title - “Make a Mediocre EV, Expect Mediocre Sales”

“If in fact it’s a failure in a self-driving or a driving system, that may not be a homicide by DUI even if the driver is intoxicated,” he said

First gear — Towing someone’s car like that seems like serious overreach. I mean, you can’t compel a human witness to testify even if they were right there at the scene, so taking someone’s car seems like a huge violation. I mean, sure — ask the owner for the footage, and get a warrant if needed, but people also have…