The Tesla Goofs Thread

[Free]

Because I think we should have one. Starting off:

How a Piece of Tape Tricked a Tesla Into Reading a 35MPH Sign as 85MPH

Researchers have identified a potential issue with sensors used in some older Tesla models that misinterpreted speed signs to read the speed limit as 50 miles per hour greater than the sign stated when a piece of electrical tape slightly obscured one of the numbers.

gizmodo.com

The issue was identified as part of 18 months of research by McAfee researchers Shivangee Trivedi and Mark Bereza, who sought to examine the ways that machine learning could potentially be exploited, specifically in the case of autonomous vehicles. Many autonomous vehicle suppliers use cameras produced by MobilEye to register the limits on speed signs, and McAfee researchers found that using stickers to slightly alter the appearance of the sign had the potential to interfere with the camera’s reading.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Nikola can do no wrong. Oh, the other Tesla. Carry on.

 

[Free]

Nikola can do no wrong.

Not anymore, being dead and all.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Not anymore, being dead and all.

In the pre tesla car days I was surprised whenever I met someone who did not know who Nikola Tesla was.

 

[Free]

In the pre tesla car days I was surprised whenever I met someone who did not know who Nikola Tesla was.

I think we can blame Edison for that.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

 

[Sid]

 

[Kara Spengler]

I think we can blame Edison for that.

When they started advertising the movie recently I shouted out 'the war of the currents' before I knew there was such a movie. Edison is a hack.

 

[Free]

Edison is a hack.

Once again, past tense.

 

[Essence Lumin]

If you go to the Edison museum there remains a lightbulb that supposedly has been glowing uninterrupted all this time probably with about 5 volts going through it.

 

[Free]

Anywho, the topic of this thread is Tesla CARS.

'Tesla killers' aren't killing Tesla at all

Investors and auto industry insiders have long warned of a fated onslaught of rivals to Tesla's much-hyped electric cars. Several automakers are releasing electric vehicles beginning in 2020. For now, though, Tesla dominates EV sales in the U.S..

www.cnbc.com

 

[Free]

Also,

Hot Wheels announces a remote-controlled Tesla Cybertruck

For those who don’t want to drop $40,000 on the real thing.

www.theverge.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

In the pre tesla car days I was surprised whenever I met someone who did not know who Nikola Tesla was.

Well for sure an old school gamer knew due to Command&Conquer: Red Alert. The Tesla coil as an iconic thing in there.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Once again, past tense.

When people stop using the present tense to praise him ...

 

[Veritable Quandry]