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We don't know exactly what happened in the fatal crash that killed a Tesla driver yesterday, and we don't know if any driving automation was involved. This is a thread

I mean, the feds have done multiple on-site inspections since the (unenforced?) BAAQMD violations dropped, and multiple paint shop sources told me that Tesla rampantly violated its permit conditions for

Here's a fun mental exercise: if you did want to run a self-driving car scam starting in 2016, how would you have made it different from Tesla's "Full Self-Driving"?It's genuinely

Reminder: radar used to be the "future of Tesla's self-driving Autopilot." If you read the afterword to the paperback edition of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors you know

Tesla has been promising a truly autonomous driving system for four years (as of next Monday) and I for one am looking forward to moving past the "just imagine" phase

You see a lot of weird auto industry "insights" on Tesla forums/subreddits/comments sections, but this one is next-level. The idea that Chrysler influences Daimler to this day is hilarious enough,

"As we previously reported, Tesla used a Yamaha Raptor ATV and converted it to electric with what appears to be a Zero Motorcycle electric motor."Tesla never disclosed any of this.

Regular reminder that any form of driving automation that requires driver oversight and does not explicitly transfer legal liability from the human driver to the system/developer is not "autonomous" or

Wow, this is huge: the safety driver who was behind the wheel the night Elaine Herzberg was hit and killed by an Uber self-driving test vehicle is being charged with

Actually, he's absolutely right. The fact literally every other battery-electric truck is being designed for "local distribution" and drayage isn't some random coincidence.https://twitter.com/technology/status/130529856452

General theory of "meme populism": instead of generating insights into reality as the source of advantage (in markets, politics, social interaction) one need only understand what narratives/memes people want to

Remember: this is definitely a COVID thing, even though market share has been falling for a year as the market has grown. A ship or two will fix it. Or