A guide to insuring a Tesla warns rates go up if the infamously unsafe and misnamed “Autopilot” software is used. Using autopilot increases premiums Unfortunately for users of the technology, autopilot is considered a higher-risk feature and might be considered a factor for a greater risk of accidents. Higher insurance premium could be the least … Continue reading Using Tesla Autopilot Increases Risk and Insurance Premiums
The Tesla Semi has been a complete disaster, like all their engineering. From abruptly stopping to being impossible to drive, to crashing into other semis… with only a dozen made so far it’s been ugly. Now the California government is stepping in and calling out their own DMV. State lawmakers argue that the state Department … Continue reading California Gov Drops Hammer on DMV Driverless Failures (Tesla)
I know Bean Hollow Road on Highway 1 very well. I’ve been there countless times, even on the motorcycle. A terrible crash was reported Tuesday evening. A southbound 2022 Tesla collided at 6:39PM head-on into northbound traffic, spinning itself and another vehicle out of control down an east-side embankment into a lagoon. The Tesla was … Continue reading Tesla Crash on Highway 1 Kills Two
A new police report has language much closer to what should have been reported in every Tesla crash since 2016. The owner of the car says it tried to kill her. As soon as she enabled her badly misnamed Autopilot, or perhaps after she turned on the badly misnamed FSD (at this point just call … Continue reading Tesla Autopilot Accused of Trying to Kill Its Owner
Perhaps by now it has become common knowledge Tesla pay is illegally far below market, work benefits are in dangerous unhealthy decline, and staff are particularly screwed should they dare to invoke basic ethical concerns (e.g. discuss customer or worker safety). He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials. It’s like reading … Continue reading Huge Tesla Leak: Lawyers Argue NDA Magically Censors All Speech They Don’t Like