The Tesla Goofs Thread

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

This story needs more shark.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Snirksnirksnirk...




booo, it didn't inline. *sigh* [edit: Bah, still not doing it right... ah well.]

 

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https://imgur.com/gallery/david-attenborough-gets-q3zoule

booo, it didn't inline. *sigh*

Edit out the 'david-attenborough-gets-' portion of the url. It's something new (text from the title) imgur has started adding to page links, and it confuses the embed plugin.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

*snicker*

 

[Essence Lumin]

I haven't gotten out of the house much due to illness lately. All the same, there are 100s of Wawa convenience stores in the greater area. I was surprised and a bit shocked they had 8 or 10 tesla charging stations at the closest one to me I'd never seen before. Shame on you Wawa.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Cybertruck owners are pissed about that their tires only last about 6000 miles.

Tesla Cybertruck Owners Shocked That Tires Are Barely Lasting 6,000 Miles

Can any tire handle the heavy lifting of any EV truck or SUV? The answer is get used to buying new tires every couple years, if that.

www.thedrive.com

 

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Multiple Tesla/Musk hits.

First, the idea of owning an affordable ($25,000) Tesla is a lie. That is unless you're willing to downgrade your desire for one to a robotaxi (assuming Musk's not also lying about the costs on that one).

Elon Musk Mocks Idea of an Affordable $25,000 Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seemingly given up on an affordable personal vehicle, calling the idea "silly" and "pointless."

futurism.com

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seemingly given up on an affordable personal vehicle.

During this week's earnings call, the increasingly unpredictable CEO went as far as to mock the idea of a non-autonomous $25,000 car, dismissing it as "pointless."

That's because Musk has doubled down on the concept of a "robotaxi" that can be loaned out by owners to make money while they're not using it — essentially an AI-powered Uber.

As for current Tesla owners expecting to have their vehicles upgraded to full self-driving - well, about that...

Elon Musk Admits That Teslas With "Self-Driving" Computers May Never Be Able to Actually Self-Drive

Tesla customers may need a hardware upgrade to allow their cars to fully drive themselves unsupervised, Elon Musk admitted.

futurism.com

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally said the quiet part out loud: he's worried that the vast majority of Tesla vehicles currently on the road won't be able to actually drive themselves after all, even if buyers paid extra for hardware that he claimed at the time would allow them to do just that.

The current generation of the EV maker's lineup makes use of HW3 computers, an assembly that acts as the brain of the car, which has been around since 2019 and required customers with HW2 to pay an additional $1,000 for a retrofit.

But to get cars to fully drive themselves — a future version of the company's infamous "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) software that won't need to be supervised, according to Musk — customers may need a whole new hardware upgrade.

I suspect when you read "a whole new hardware upgrade," you might be better off translating that to "a whole new car."

 

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[Dakota Tebaldi]

Geez Louise

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www.eloccidental.com.mx

One person was ejected during the crash but three others had to be extracted using hydraulic equipment.

 

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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open

Four people died after a Tesla crashed and burst into flames, while a fifth person narrowly escaped after a bystander broke open a window.

futurism.com

Four people were killed in Toronto after the Tesla they were riding in crashed into a pillar and burst into flames.

A fifth rider, an unidentified woman in her twenties, narrowly survived the crash after a bystander smashed open a window, allowing her to escape the burning vehicle.

According to the heroic bystander's account, the Tesla Model Y's electronic doors may have been at fault for why the passengers were trapped inside the electric vehicle.

 

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Isn't 6 a lucky number?

Tesla is recalling 2,431 Cybertrucks, and this time there’s no software fix

Owners of the affected trucks will require replacement hardware.

arstechnica.com

 

[Free]

Hrm.

Thousands of Cybertrucks Recalled for Bricking While Driving

Tesla has recalled over 2,400 Cybertrucks due to an issue with their drive inverters that causes the vehicle to lose propulsion.

futurism.com

On Wednesday, Tesla announced it was recalling around 2,431 Cybertrucks manufactured between November 6, 2023, and July 30, 2024, due to an issue with their drive inverters that can cause the vehicles to lose propulsion while driving.

The recall represents roughly eight percent of the 28,250 Cybertrucks that have been sold in the US so far, according to Kelly Blue Book. Moreover, this is the sixth recall for the 2024 model of Tesla pickup, which only began being delivered to customers in November last year.

 

[Govi]

Hrm.

Thousands of Cybertrucks Recalled for Bricking While Driving

Tesla has recalled over 2,400 Cybertrucks due to an issue with their drive inverters that causes the vehicle to lose propulsion.

futurism.com

We don't have a "Schadenfreude" emoji? Well poo.

 

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Tesla is responsible for more fatal accidents than any other carmaker — the reason why may surprise you

 

[Soen Eber]

Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open

Four people died after a Tesla crashed and burst into flames, while a fifth person narrowly escaped after a bystander broke open a window.

futurism.com

Well, that's efficiency for you. Had enough?

 

[Noodles]

Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open

Four people died after a Tesla crashed and burst into flames, while a fifth person narrowly escaped after a bystander broke open a window.

futurism.com

Wait, I thought the windows were bullet proof.

/s

 

[Beebo Brink]

Elon Musk’s Cyber Trucks being ATTACKED by RACOONS 🦝

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

 

[Casey Pelous]

Elon Musk’s Cyber Trucks being ATTACKED by RACOONS 🦝

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

Video points out several times the thing's resemblance to a dumpster. One could argue it does so more times than might be strictly necessary, but I'm sure it was in the interest of clarity. (Although, dumpsters might have a slander case ...)

 

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Cybertruck catches fire at DeKalb County Tesla dealership

A Tesla Cybertruck went up in flames overnight on the lot of a dealership in Decatur.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

You can't even get them off the lot before they go up in flames.