Yet Another Design Flaw wrote:
https://electrek.co/2019/03/05/tesla-model-3-design-flaw-underbody/
LOL at zerohedge calling another publication a rag. And then acting like a dirty undercarriage is a major design flaw. I can promise you that 99% of owners will never know if there is dirt under their cars. And apparently a knock with a wrench fixes it, so driving 100 meters on a bumpy road once or twice a year would too.
USA media a bit slow on this one, probably waiting to see if it was a Hoax. A Tesla Model S owner crashed his vehicle into a river near a Supercharger station in China and he claims that the vehicle accelerated on its own – in yet another alleged event of unintended acceleration.
Fortunately, it apparently hit shallow water and both the driver and passenger were able to quickly get out – resulting in this picture:
https://twitter.com/ShanghaiJayin/status/1103178324900077568https://electrek.co/2019/03/10/tesla-crash-river-claim-unintended-accelerated/Based on the complaints, Hansen claimed that Tesla:
https://electrek.co/2019/03/11/tesla-former-security-manager-corroborates-claim-large-theft-criminal-activity-gigafactory-1/Failing to disclose to shareholders that $37 million worth of copper and other raw materials were stolen from the Gigafactory in the first half of 2018;
Spying on employees, specifically by wiretapping and hacking their cell phones and computers;
Failing to disclose to local law enforcement and to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency that Gigafactory employees may have been in drug trafficking; and
Retaliating against Hansen for raising such issues, internally, by firing him in mid-July.
As part of Tesla’s reversal of its sales and pricing strategy, the automaker is also again changing Autopilot prices, which are coming ‘back to normal’ on Monday, says CEO Elon Musk.
https://electrek.co/2019/03/12/tesla-autopilot-prices-back-to-normal-elon-musk/Tesla’s many recent price changes were controversial but none more than those relating to its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving packages because the automaker changed pricing on software updates that it never delivered.
The automaker also presented the offering to buyers as costing less if they order the software before delivery – incentivizing them to do so, but after price changes last month, they would have saved thousands of dollars if they would have waited for features they never got.
Now Musk says that the prices are going to ‘revert back to normal’ on Monday March 18th:
Unclear whether this reservation is just a "wait in line" cost like with other Tesla deposits, or is actually applicable to the price when/if the product emerges.
We Need Your Help! wrote:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-asks-employees-help-delivering-30000-cars-end-quarter-2019-3
So how is this supposed to work?
They are stopping to work at the Tesla brand after the shift and drive a car somewhere and hitch home, hopefully making the next days shift?
Sounds like a well thought out plan.
So how is this supposed to work?
They are stopping to work at the Tesla brand after the shift and drive a car somewhere and hitch home, hopefully making the next days shift?
Sounds like a well thought out plan.
Delivering cars after it produces them has become a recurring pain point for Tesla. In September, CEO Elon Musk said the company was transitioning from “production hell” to “logistics hell.” Employees have recounted an all-hands-on-deck approach to deliveries, with one worker saying he drove a car three hours to deliver it to a waiting customer before taking an Uber back on the company’s dime.
Currently there is significant new inventory of Model S and Model X listed for sale on Tesla’s website for most of its major markets. It is worth noting that while Tesla was originally a build to order company in 2018 in order to solve “production hell” Tesla switched to large scale batch manufacturing of various configurations of each model (paint color, interiours, et cetera.) The consequence of this strategic decision is that Tesla ends up with excess production of unpopular configurations.
Err, just don't make the unpopular ones in the first place?
Naturally, the stock responded as a result, immediately trading off of its lows near $263 and moving higher - quickly - by $10, into green territory for the day.
Tesla has delayed its planned price increase by two days. The automaker claims to have been “unable to process all orders”, but what this basically amounts to is a temporary discount also conveniently occurring at the end of the quarter.
In the latest incident to take place while a Tesla car was on Autopilot, at least that is what the driver has said, occurred in Hong Kong. Multiple dashcams show a Tesla Model S accelerating into slow-moving traffic and sideswipes two cars before crashing into the rear of a large truck.
Tesla Hong Kong will investigate.
http://ananova.news/tesla-driver-blames-computer-for-crashing-model-3/
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year