KayLeadfoot

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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

... Yes.

So, weight is a good thing on all but the deepest snow. So that's a plus. EVs actually do have a lot of pluses for off-roading and harsh weather, they have all the hardware required to do it well, but the software is evidently half-baked on this one.

If I were an automotive engineer and I wanted to fix that shitty performance, I'd start by troubleshooting the traction control system.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 28 points 1 month ago

LOL.

*Were in service, comrade. Were.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

That feels... very responsible?

I mean, we probably shouldn't concern ourselves TOO much with the profitability of a Google subsidiary and the pet project of the world's richest man. I think they'll figure out the monetization side of things. We should be laser focused on safety, which Waymo is certainly doing to a much higher degree than Tesla.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Someone else mentioned that over on Reddit, in a very clapback sort of way. Would you happen to be in Texas? I'm learning all about regional traffic law variations :D

So, my thought here: the stop sign is simply not recognized by the vehicle. It didn't see the stop sign and decide "legally, I have the right of way." The stop sign just doesn't appear on the visualization, cameras failed to register the blinking lit up sign, and thus the computer thought it had the right of way.

As a separate critical fuckup, it only realized the pedestrian was a pedestrian like a millisecond before impact. It wasn't a good test performance at all.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 18 points 1 month ago

Having worked in construction, I can report, you can totally still do this!

... One time per phone, unfortunately.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 22 points 1 month ago

"First rule about Bite Club..."

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

I award you the dubious honor of "Best Pun on the Thread"

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Waymo had non-standard stop-signs figured out six years ago XD Feels essential to running a half-way responsible autonomous car service?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu8gmFhiGko

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

First iteration appear to be Tesla Model Ys. No word on additional sensors, so I am guessing the answer is no.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I heard it in health class a bajillion times, so as a reminder, abstinence is the only effective birth cont- oh wait, no, no, Teslas are very effective at preventing pregnancy and STIs.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

"World's richest man needs richer :c "

 

In a highly scientific straw poll of the folks over at Ask Car Guys, pickup truck drivers voted on their pick for the “Worst Pickup Truck of All Time.” Take a look, it wasn’t even close.

(I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS CYBERSTUCK ON LEMMY AND NOBODY TOLD ME. AW, HELL, IT'S ON NOW )

 

Nothing brings out the best in people like competition. And nothing brings out the most chaotic competitive energy possible like putting 76 Nissan Altimas on a track at the same time, calling it a race, and telling them to have at it.

What could possibly go wrong? Spoilers: absolutely everything.

 

A Tesla influencer randomly caught his odometer double-counting mileage on video. Wild.

 

A Tesla influencer randomly caught his odometer double-counting mileage on video. Wild.

 
 

The TL;DR in one quote:

Job cuts at the US traffic safety regulator instigated by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency disproportionately hit staff assessing self-driving risks, hampering oversight of technology on which the world’s richest man has staked the future of Tesla.

An interesting quote from a Tesla manager:

“Letting Doge fire those in the autonomous division is sheer madness—we should be lobbying to add people to NHTSA,” said one manager at Tesla. They “need to be developing a national framework for AVs, otherwise Tesla doesn’t have a prayer for scale in FSD or robotaxis.”

 

A tattoo belonging to a man from Derbyshire has appeared in a US government document used to identify members of Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan gang, despite the man having no connection to the group.

The tattoo is of a clock, and other tattoos listed as evidence of gang membership include mistranslated text and Chicago Bulls fandom tattoos.

 

I’ve been watching this weird trend of Toyota Tacoma tailgate thefts cropping up all over the country… and I think I’ve found where they’re going.

Thousands of Tacoma tailgates are popping up on Facebook Marketplace right now, and some of these sellers? Let’s just say they’re moving an improbable amount of product if the tailgates aren’t stolen.

Read our whole analysis here!

 

TL;DR: Self-Driving Teslas Rear-End Motorcyclists, Killing at Least 5

Brevity is the spirit of wit, and I am just not that witty. This is a long article, here is the gist of it:

  • The NHTSA’s self-driving crash data reveals that Tesla’s self-driving technology is, by far, the most dangerous for motorcyclists, with five fatal crashes that we know of.
  • This issue is unique to Tesla. Other self-driving manufacturers have logged zero motorcycle fatalities with the NHTSA in the same time frame.
  • The crashes are overwhelmingly Teslas rear-ending motorcyclists.

Read our full analysis as we go case-by-case and connect the heavily redacted government data to news reports and police documents.

Oh, and read our thoughts about what this means for the robotaxi launch that is slated for Austin in less than 60 days.

 

Looks like Tesla’s reliance on government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility for federal rebates while tariffs are in place.

Read the full details and the fallout here.

 

Looks like Tesla’s reliance on government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility for federal rebates while tariffs are in place.

Read the full details and the fallout here.

 

Looks like Tesla’s profiting off government subsidies has finally hit a wall in Canada.

After Tesla requested reimbursement for an unprecedented 8,669 Canadian EV rebates in just three days, the Canadian government froze Tesla’s rebate payments and paused all future eligibility.

For those keeping score, Tesla claimed to sell 1.5 vehicles per minute, a huge spike that came after the company was alerted that the rebate fund would run out.

That means that $43 million in Tesla rebate payments are frozen and future subsidies paused. Read on for the full story!

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