Are cybertrucks the new Ford Pinto?
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One of the worst things about this incident is that it was some teenagers and early 20s kids. College freshman that burned to death or died of inhalation while someone tried to rescue them 😢
That is absolutely horrible and heartbreaking to read. I wish more people would actually understand what dangerous pieces of trash Tesla's are and quit buying them all together.
But when he attempted to pull Tsukahara from that same window, Riordan testified, "I grabbed her arm to try and pull her towards me, but she retreated because of the fire."
Remember that the right wing media rushed to blame this on speeding and intoxication without mentioning that they were still alive and able to move when the vehicle was on fire. They were cooked alive inside, foreseeably and preventably, and that was covered up in a way that maximized the shame the victims' families felt. Deplorable.
The Cybertruck fans have basically just decided that because one of them was a drunk driver they don't need to think about the rest of it and it's fine that they died.
Well, say what you want, but tesla is the only one doing something to reduce the republican voters base.
This made me laugh. Thanks.
That's not true! Their battery suppliers play a big role in ensuring there's just enough contamination to get through inspect and still catch fire!
"after a bystander broke a window with a tree branch" Ah yes, the bulletproof windows that could double as submergible windows for an unspecified amount of time at an unspecified depth.
Their testing was like yeah we took the window and sobmerged it to the bottom of the bay. Of course it would survive.
....hmmm! No, I don't think I wanna drive to your mom's again Dave! I've now gained consciousness and realize you're sitting on what we would describe as my tits. I don't like myself, I'm starting a fire, I wanna end it! Sorry Dave, but you're coming with me! Nope, you can't get out Buddy! Sorry!
Who did Musk bribe to allow this ugly fucking deathtrap on the road?
He moved operations to Texas where regulations can get fucked and he bought the United States government and fired anyone looking into his shit. Sign up now for Neuralink! You will never get out.
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He bought the Presidency. Not eve a bribe at this point.
But the boycott is still "illegal", you guys.
Remember when Failin' Palin was bleating about "death panels"?
Remember when Failin' Palin was bleating about "death panels"?
Death panel?
Oh, you mean insurance company
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Imagine buying your own coffin from a Nazi.
crematorium in this case
Baby's first bakery.
it's a fun little inversion of the first gas chambers, where the nazis kill themselves with cars that pointedly don't make CO2
edit: who ever said that hope is dead?
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Reminder that a seatbelt cutter and glass breaker is a good investment, especially in cars like this.
A car like this isn't a safe choice to begin with so step one is don't get into one of these.
Maybe a good thing that the glass isn't actually bullet proof
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Not suggesting anything of course, but Trump just bought himself a Tesla and if he really really wanted to help Musk improve Tesla's image…
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This is propaganda, opening a cybertruck door is very easy.
First you bring up the "doors" menu on the console. Then tap "right door" to get to the right door sub menu. Then tap "open". If you get error "tsla3456" that means the truck is on fire. Normal cars don't recognize when they're on fire, this is a smart thing done by smart people at Tesla. So then you just go back to the "doors" menu, tap "right door" again, then "advanced" and then "overrides". Enter the error number you want to ignore in the "ignore errors" item. Now you go back to "doors", "right door" and tap "open" and the door will open easily.
Tesla even offers a free "door opening" course that's just 2 hours long to go over all of the options you have for opening your cybertruck doors. It's really the victims fault if they didn't bother to learn how to use their vehicle.
/s I fear this is needed ...
If you follow these instructions you would be dead within minutes! Tsla3456 is for water Tsla3356 is for fire You would know this if you did the advanced fire safety course for $450. It was the only thing I heard about a the basic door course.
Water in a Tesla results with fire, though, which is why the Tsla3456 is nothing but an alias for Tsla3356.
Also be true in your typing as there’s no backspace option on the keyboard.
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But there's emergency latches!
They're just hidden somewhere in the doors and you need the owner's manual to figure out where they are...
...And the owners manual is probably digital and accessed via the infotainment system. (Shout-out to the fuckers at Ford who did this.)
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Who gets a self-driving car only to drive it drunk?
They were friends home from college Thanksgiving break and driving dad's car. I still don't think that explains your question though.
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There are cameras inside the car, it self drives... imagine if it used AI to decide if the driver was Jewish. Or queer. Or just a particular individual who might be thrown out a window were they in Russia. And it steered itself into a wall and burst into flames, destroying any internal telemetry that might tell the story.
The technology is there. The regulatory agencies that might investigate are gutted. There is nothing but the integrity of a few programmers standing in the way. Programmers whose livelihoods and perhaps admission to the US are at stake.
That feels awfully thin.
There's a fucking conspiracy theory for the nutters.
There are cameras inside the car, it self drives… imagine if it used AI to decide if the driver was Jewish. Or queer.
How would a camera determine if you are queer?
Also, I am just imagining the piles of blackmail material Tesla has on it's customers.
AI. I didn't say it would do a good job, lol. It's a conspiracy theory. It doesn't have to make sense, it just needs to be barely plausible.
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