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Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals (electrek.co)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 98 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Tesla’s reasoning for going away with a method universally used for signaling turn for decades is that it enables them to remove a physical part, the stalk, and it believes activating a turn signal will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

Spit my drink up a bit when I read that.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile Teslas are quickly building a reputation of being impossible to repair, so replacing an industry standard component that never breaks for a digital system is a great way to keep the title.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

will soon be unnecessary with the advent of self-driving.

by next year, they said for the umpteenth time this decade.

[–] frunch 1 points 10 months ago

Might as well get rid of the brake lights while they're at it