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Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic ‘flaws’ and ‘failures’ for years.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I now and then check Tesla share prices after that kind of bad news - and to my amazement it just keeps going up.

That they're not really good at the car building part has been well known for quite a while - and by now it should be blatantly obvious even for people not doing software stuff for a living that they're also not stellar at the software thing (which I assume their valuation is mainly based on, as it doesn't make much sense). They are better at least with the infotainment software than established car makers - but given how those suck at it that's really not hard.

I don't really see them spreading too much in the EU currently - they're currently trying very hard to piss off the Nordics, and I'd expect to see regulation eventually prohibiting new cards with touch only controls. It already is treated like a mobile device by law here - so touching any settings on your Teslas touch screen while driving can be very expensive, up to a temporary loss of license. Also having an accident while touching the screen will shift more of the blame to you.