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1. Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:54 UTC Eden

   • Rysiekúr Memesson

   @rysiek so the other day I learned that truck brakes work differently to car brakes.

   Truck brakes are always on, and turn off when the truck is engaged. The default position they're trying to get back to mechanically is full braking.

   That means whatever happens, any fault, it'll stop immediately. It's a hard won lesson in car mechanics designed to make people safe, and it's common across the industry because they learn from others

   And it feels like Tesla refuses to learn from anyone else

   • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:52 UTC Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     @Eden these (and others) seem to be mistakes that Tesla *choose* to make (as they don't want to "kowtow to regulations") or even guarantee the same product quality as existing cars (I have an interest in car detailing and I've read a lot of complaints that the bodywork on a Tesla isn't anywhere as it should be considering how much one costs).

     My VW apparently can play MP4s on the screen but the function is locked out and rightly so (as it would make the vehicle fail inspection here in UK)

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   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:52 UTC Eden

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

     @vfrmedia Given that many other car brands have similar standing in the self-driving features, it feels like Tesla is just better-advertised but worse than other brands

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   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:53 UTC Eden

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     • Rysiekúr Memesson

     @rysiek It's almost too easy to dunk on Tesla more, but

     https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recalls-over-475000-electric-vehicles-2021-12-30/

     "total number of recalled vehicles is almost equivalent to the half a million vehicles Tesla delivered last year."

   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:53 UTC Eden

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     This is worth adding alone

     "For Model S vehicles, front hood latch problems may lead a trunk to open "without warning and obstruct the driver’s visibility, increasing the risk of a crash," Tesla said."

   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:53 UTC Eden

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     Tesla also had to stop drivers from turning on autopilot and playing videogames using the Tesla.

     https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-stop-games-infotainment-screens-moving-cars-ap-2021-12-23/

   • Eden (eden@weirder.earth)'s status on Thursday, 30-Dec-2021 23:35:54 UTC Eden

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     • Rysiekúr Memesson

     @rysiek I realised this may have seemed a bit out of left field, but

     Cars just don't come out of nowhere like Tesla think they do, and Tesla keep making mistakes that are generally solved in industry, exactly like this

     We've had the "handles don't open and firemen can't pull people out the car", we've had "handles auto open at low speeds with enough force to open the rear doors", we've had "the central battery isn't accessible if the car doesn't have power". It's just mistake after mistake

   • Rysiekúr Memesson (rysiek@mastodon.technology)'s status on Friday, 31-Dec-2021 22:14:43 UTC Rysiekúr Memesson

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     @Eden "S" stands for "Surprising", and nobody said all surprises are good!

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