The 'I don't like Tesla' Thread

[Perc]

Door poppers can be huge if you’re disabled, i’d imagine. If your fingers don’t work, being able to push a button might be a lot easier for you. And having it factory made is nicer, cheaper, neater and probably more reliable than having it retrofitted by some conversion company that drills into everything to install their stuff.

But for able bodied people, i’ve never really understood the point of door poppers. I’ve got to use manual labor to get out of the car anyway 😅

 

[NooDle]

this isn't just a Tesla problem, my Kia has similar doorhandles which can also freeze in cold temps...
Nothing you can do aside from preheating the car...

 

[leviathan]

Tesla actually added an app feature recently to at least sort of address this - you can trigger the door opening mechanism directly from the app, which nudges the door open without moving the handle (same as when you use the door opening button inside). If it's completely frozen over, you can still get in with that.

 

[eizbaer]

They did? Where do I find that? 😲

Tesla actually added an app feature recently to at least sort of address this - you can trigger the door opening mechanism directly from the app, which nudges the door open without moving the handle (same as when you use the door opening button inside). If it's completely frozen over, you can still get in with that.

Edit: don’t tell me I can just tap the doors in the view that I posted earlier…

 

[leviathan]

Nah, that'd be too easy. Like all good features it's hidden in the "quick access" - you need to hold one of the four quick access icons below the vehicle in the app, and can then replace one of them with the door popper icon. Very discoverable, if I didn't happen to read the changelog during that one update I'd've missed this one too.

 

[eizbaer]

Bastards the lot of em!
Thanks!

 

[Blind_Io]

Tesla decides wheels do, actually, need to be round.

Tesla Quietly Brings Back Round Steering Wheels

Maybe the yoke wasn't such a great idea, after all?

www.motortrend.com

 

[Perc]

I would have expected Elon to troll his customers and put a quartic wheel in there.

 

[GRtak]

 

[jack_christie]

Killed the make round industry:

 

[jack_christie]

Chinese car prices have been going up, but the Tesla cut theirs:

Protesting Tesla China buyers vow more pressure over price cuts they missed

Dozens of Telsa owners protested at a delivery centre in Shanghai on Tuesday, vowing to raise pressure on the electric car maker after it declined to offer them rebates on price cuts the U.S. firm made last week and that they missed out on.

www.reuters.com

 

[Blind_Io]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Everyone who has suffered some loss as a result of Tesla's "autopilot" failures should be able to sue Tesla directly and insurance companies should refuse to cover crashes if Autopilot is being used.

 

[jack_christie]

Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF’s Bay Bridge​

Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF’s Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Musk Announces “Self-Driving” Feature

Musk has said Tesla’s problematic autopilot features are “really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero.”

theintercept.com

 

[jack_christie]

If you ordered a tesla, you can probably cancel to take advantage of the up to 20% cut

 

[Matt2000]

They sent me an email, I looked at the price and thought it had gone up at first. Turns out I just have no idea what a Tesla costs these days.

 

[jack_christie]

‘I Feel Like I Got Duped’: Tesla Price Drop Angers Current Owners

Marianne Simmons, a self-professed “Tesla fan girl,” bought her second electric vehicle from the company in September: a white, high-performance Model Y ringing in at more than $77,000. Then the company slashed prices and she realized she could have bought the same car today at $13,000 less.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[jack_christie]

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies​

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

www.reuters.com

Ashok Elluswamy deposition is brutal

Tesla staged Autopilot demo video, says director of software

It used a premapped route.

www.theverge.com

 

[jack_christie]

Elon Musk’s securities fraud trial starts today​

Elon Musk’s securities fraud trial starts today — here’s what you need to know

A judge called Musk’s tweet knowingly “false and misleading.”

www.theverge.com

 

[Blind_Io]

Tesla admits they are being investigated over Autopilot. - no, not by NHTSA, the Justice Department.

Tesla Admits Justice Department Is Investigating Autopilot and 'Full Self-Driving'

Federal scrutiny of Tesla's automated driving systems is increasing, and the Department of Justice's involvement only turns up the heat.

www.thedrive.com

 

[jack_christie]

Another tesla fire

Tesla 'spontaneously' bursts into flames on Sacramento County highway

A Tesla Model S caught fire after its battery cells overheated on a California highway, authorities said.

www.latimes.com