Tesla Safety Negligence Finally Goes to Court: “Sore Thumb” of American Roads

Quality of Tesla vehicles has been notoriously bad for years, and has been trending worse, which should be little surprise given how poorly it treats human life (from its workers and its customers to anyone in or around their product). Now top experts in automobile safety, who finally are getting some attention, aren’t mincing words … Continue reading Tesla Safety Negligence Finally Goes to Court: “Sore Thumb” of American Roads

Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals

I just got off the phone with a technology reporter for a major newspaper, where I was asked about the risks of facial recognition. That’s a deep topic, since crime using faces (deepfakes, impersonation) can apply to almost anything (fraud/theft, racism, classicism). However, I ended the call by warning about even broader risks in recognition … Continue reading Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals

What’s Opposite of Safety Engineering? Three Teslas Crash Into Each Other

Least safe car on the road, a Tesla is statistically likely to increase crashes. Three Tesla near each other? A crash is certain. …the driver of the Model 3 simply attempted to overtake the Model Y and in the process, forgot to check their mirrors and turned directly into the path of the Model S. … Continue reading What’s Opposite of Safety Engineering? Three Teslas Crash Into Each Other

Court Rules Against Tesla in Door Safety Design Defect Case

The judge clearly wasn’t having any of the usual Tesla nonsense: Court denies Tesla’s motion to dismiss the four California state law claims in Urban’s complaint… The owner of a very expensive Tesla couldn’t get into it after the cheap handle design failed. More importantly he couldn’t open the door either. And Tesla allegedly replaced … Continue reading Court Rules Against Tesla in Door Safety Design Defect Case