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Old May 6, 2021 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Lets put a breathalizer in every car or make cell phone use impossible when the car is moving because driving under the influence and texting are waaaay easier to do than tricking Autopilot to drive itself Not Tesla's fault that idiots will do what idiots will do.
The simple solution would be to hold drivers to higher standard, both when licensing and when it comes to driving violations. We've discussed this topic in depth a few years ago in a big thread called automated ticketing. I wouldn't mind if cars were equipped with a device that scans your drivers license to verify that its valid before the car can be put in drive.
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Exactly. When will the madness to prevent stupidity end. Its not Tesla's job to end stupidity. Let themselves weed out using natural selection.
Yes and no. Tesla has built a flawed technology with misleading name that is encouraging and enabling idiots to carry out their most extreme and dangerous stupidity. I have no problem with them weeding themselves out to natural selection, but I am concerned for other road uses, especially pedestrians and bikers who are not protected by tons of metal. I've said this before and I'll say it again - I hope a high profile lawsuit puts this self driving nonsense to rest.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Och
Yes and no. Tesla has built a flawed technology with misleading name that is encouraging and enabling idiots to carry out their most extreme and dangerous stupidity. I have no problem with them weeding themselves out to natural selection, but I am concerned for other road uses, especially pedestrians and bikers who are not protected by tons of metal. I've said this before and I'll say it again - I hope a high profile lawsuit puts this self driving nonsense to rest.
self driving is safer than human driven. Funny of you to advocate for litigation to keep us in the Stone Age. Your Concern is noted. $TSLA to the moon
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Old May 6, 2021 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by sdls
self driving is safer than human driven. Funny of you to advocate for litigation to keep us in the Stone Age. Your Concern is noted. $TSLA to the moon
"Self driving" doesn't exist yet. It is more accurate to say that humans driving cars equipped with driver assist systems are safer than humans driving cars that do not.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
You are probably getting a little carried away. I doubt if anyone on this forum is rejoicing if and when Tesla gets itself in hot water..
It really makes no difference to me what happens to Tesla. If I did my arithmetic correctly, they will struggle as more manufacturers get on board with EVs and Tesla will have more profitably issues in the future.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
if there's no one in the seat, autopilot shouldn't work. not rocket science. oh wait...
If there was no full self driving to begin with, then there is nothing to fool or trick. People just need to drive carefully, drive the speed limit, don’t drink and drive and refrain from texting.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
It really makes no difference to me what happens to Tesla. If I did my arithmetic correctly, they will struggle as more manufacturers get on board with EVs and Tesla will have more profitably issues in the future.
Care to share this math? Tesla will roughly double their sales this year, when will they start to struggle?
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Tesla will roughly double their sales this year, when will they start to struggle?
So they say....profits at Tesla are hard to come by.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
So they say....profits at Tesla are hard to come by.
Are you going to share your math?
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Are you going to share your math?
‘If I did my arithmetic correctly”. Is a figure of speech.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:32 PM
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Tesla profits potentially in jeopardy as big revenue source dries up this year
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:40 PM
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^^^^ Good response, Jill. Yep, the loss of the Stellantis (Chrysler) carbon-credit payments definitely will not help. That also suggests, to me, that we may not see the Hemi-powered Chrysler products (a major reason for those carbon-credit payments) in production much longer, despite their popularity and good sales numbers.
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Not the profits circle jerk again, seriously.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Och
Not the profits circle jerk again, seriously.
It's been a while. Probably due for another round.
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Old May 6, 2021 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by LexBob2
It's been a while. Probably due for another round.
If credits are removed, Tesla profits start to evaporate...there is nothing to debate
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