Posted on 03/10/2019 7:46:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
“When the reporter rushed to the scene in Qingpu District, the owner Xiao Chen had just been rescued ashore, and the gray Tesla was still lying in the river and was soaked in the water. Xiao Chen is still in shock, he told reporters: I was from the beginning stepping on the brakes, and the car suddenly rushed out of control! It turned out that Xiao Chen and his wife drove the car to school in the morning of the incident. After the delivery, they came to the Tesla Supercharger station to prepare for charging. According to Xiao Chen, he kept driving very slowly, stepping on the brakes, but when he got there, the car was out of control.
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Sell TSLA short.
Got a hunch, make a bunch!
Go for it.
Think about it: ultra modern, high tech automobile, forced to drive around that third world sh!thole of a country - probably suicide.
A man killed in a crash last year while using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S sedan kept his hands off the wheel for extended periods of time despite repeated automated warnings not to do so, a U.S. government report said on Monday
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released 500 pages...
Why are they standing on the car when they are right next to shore?
Makes for a better photo.
I know about that one, he was watching a movie (must have been a good movie!).
This one, very similar, just happened...
I wonder how many Tesla passengers think of the car as the “Designated Driver”?
You want Elon Musk driving you around?
Or, “Splish Splash” if he was rockin’ to the Oldies.
ultra modern, high tech automobile, forced to drive around that third world sh!thole of a country - probably suicide
I have not been to China in years, but some parts were nice.
Mostly felt safe, unsafe because of our driver and other drivers.
You can drive around Chicago or NYC or LA or...
I do not recommend it, and when I must, I do not ‘feel’ safe.
I guarantee, if you make a couple of passes through the sh!tholes, you see a surprising number of ultra modern, high tech automobiles.
But remember it’s not just the throttle pedal that can control the speed on a modern car, things like Adaptive Cruise Control and Auto-Pilot also send throttle messages to the control systems.
This could be quite complex and I expect to see more issues like this. ...and they’re connected to the internet.
What does he have to do with what I said?
Well, someone had to program the autopilot. His company, and his programmers, need I say more.
Lots of folks tried to ride the “sudden acceleration” coattails some time back....”Honest officer, the gas pedal stuck and the brakes didn’t work...”
True. Inexpensive Chinese built guitars have increased in quality a lot in recent years for example.
Don’t forget Jerry and the swimming pool.
He appeared to be a little freaked out.
“I think insolvency will solve that next quarter.”
For years now people on this forum have been saying that Tesla is about to collapse.
Never heard any of them predict GM was about to collapse, but it did.
He seemed a little freaked out!!
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