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Cake day: August 24th, 2023

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  • The car has mechanical door handles in the front that at are so obvious people try to use them instead of the electrical ones.

    The getting out isn’t the problem. If they were conscious after the crash, at least in the front, it would have been easy to get out unless the door was jammed which can happen after the crash.

    The problem is people on the outside that cant potentially open it when its not jammed and the occupant is unconscious, or the backseat where its not obvious how to use the mechanical latch.

    Edit: so in this crash it sounds like the driver was probably unconscious, or the door was jammed, both of which cause a deadly situation like this as outside rescues are much harder due to electronic locks.

    Edit: and EVs catch on fire less than gas cars, this isnt an EV fire problem.



  • If you want to argue that screens are distracting because you can do so much on them that’s one thing, but climate control being on the screen isn’t the cause of some epidemic that is leading Tesla to be at the forefront if that’s the case, it’s just not that distracting, and you can do everything else but fog lights without it, and a lot of Tesla’s don’t even come with fog lights.

    What is distracting while driving is dealing with the navigation system if you want to change something, but that’s the same in any car, whether you use your phone or the screen, with voice or without. Maybe people shouldn’t be fussing with that while driving and pull over or turn it off and rely on road signs if something changes if you don’t have a passenger to put the new info in.









  • Most car dealers have months of inventory, Tesla typically has a couple weeks or less. In the grand scheme of things compared to other automakers this is actually tiny, and they are usually on the bottom of the list of OEM inventory.

    For Tesla though, this is higher than usual, and unless most of them are in transit to customers, indicative of an issue.

    Edit: Just for reference.

    Q4 2024 - 12 days

    Q1 2025 - 22 days

    Q2 2025 - 24 days

    Q3 2025 - 10 days

    Q4-2025 -15 days