The NHTSA last July opened a preliminary investigation (PE 23-014) given just a dozen complaints. The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) on 2023 model year Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles due to reports of inability to steer the vehicle and the loss of power steering. ODI has … Continue reading NHTSA Upgrades Investigation of Tesla “Loss of Steering Control” as Complaints Explode→
Sad story from a combat veteran. “I’m a former Green Beret,” Bova said, referring to the U.S. Army Special Forces. “[Tesla Autopilot] was probably the second-most traumatic thing I’ve gone through other than being in combat.” First, Special Forces training apparently needs to work on counter-intelligence. No soldier, especially a Green Beret, ought to be … Continue reading Green Beret Says Tesla Autopilot Nearly Killed Him and Now Its Insurance Wants to Finish the Job→
Another day, another messy thoughtless political flareup by Elon Musk. The man obviously can’t stop erratically shooting messengers in his clumsy attempts to protect and promote hate speech. The tactic he uses often mirrors well-known Nazi propaganda, where anyone reporting harms is blamed for those harms. Like if someone said systemic racism in America has … Continue reading Elon Musk Blames Racism on Victims of Racism→
Workers at Tesla say it has used its dubious closed repair model to fraudulently reclassify the warranty work it does for design defects and engineering flaws. CNBC does a great job of explaining the whistleblower complaint. “Were Tesla to accurately categorize its ‘goodwill’ repairs as warranty repairs, it would likely need to restate earnings for … Continue reading Tesla Whistleblowers Allege Books Cooked Since 2017→