Is Tesla just months away from a total collapse?
i agree, the media always has to put Musk and Tesla on blast. a lot of people don't like him; those against self driving cars, dealerships, oil companies, automotive suppliers, flat-earthers (lol, he filmed a round earth when SpaceX launched the falcon V rocket) to name a few
Racer
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Why is this a Tesla crash and not someone that crashed their car? Or is a Tesla vehicle not supposed to ever crash and kill people unlike every other brand out there. I am getting tired of defending Tesla here but things are getting stupid. The hysteria reminds me a lot of the Toyota unintended acceleration fiasco.
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Why is this a Tesla crash and not someone that crashed their car? Or is a Tesla vehicle not supposed to ever crash and kill people unlike every other brand out there. I am getting tired of defending Tesla here but things are getting stupid. The hysteria reminds me a lot of the Toyota unintended acceleration fiasco.
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That's a good point. Tesla markets their driver's assistance as "autopilot". It tricks people into thinking the car can do more when it can't.
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The problem in the video seemed to revolve around "supercharging". That's where they lost me.....I'm not sure just how you can "supercharge" an electric motor. 
It's not like a gas engine, where you force additional fuel/air mixture into the motor with a belt or exhaust-driven compressor. An electric motor can only use so much current, produce so much power, and if you try to overload it with too much voltage, can maybe overheat and cause a fire.
It's not like a gas engine, where you force additional fuel/air mixture into the motor with a belt or exhaust-driven compressor. An electric motor can only use so much current, produce so much power, and if you try to overload it with too much voltage, can maybe overheat and cause a fire.
Racer
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The problem in the video seemed to revolve around "supercharging". That's where they lost me.....I'm not sure just how you can "supercharge" an electric motor. It's not like a gas engine, where you force additional fuel/air mixture into the motor with a belt or exhaust-driven compressor. An electric motor can only use so much current, produce so much power, and if you try to overload it with too much voltage, can maybe overheat and cause a fire.
It's not like a gas engine, where you force additional fuel/air mixture into the motor with a belt or exhaust-driven compressor. An electric motor can only use so much current, produce so much power, and if you try to overload it with too much voltage, can maybe overheat and cause a fire.