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Teslas Have a Minor Issue Where the Wheels Fly Off While Driving, Documents Show (1ft.io)

submitted 10 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Tens of thousands of Tesla owners have had the suspension or steering of their vehicles — even in practically brand new ones — fail in recent years. Newly obtained documents show how Tesla engineers internally called these incidents "flaws" and "failures."

Nonetheless, some of the documents suggest technicians were told to tell consumers that these failures weren't due to faulty parts, but the result of drivers "abusing" their vehicles, which highlights the EV maker and its CEO Elon Musk's infamous way of handling customer complaints.

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[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Subaru’s EV future is tied to Toyota, and Toyota is fucking around.

They don’t have the capital to pursue an EV on their own unless it’s a rebadge or repackage, maybe in 5 years when EV components get more commoditized.

[–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They don’t have the capital to pursue an EV

Yes they do. It's just they're choosing to spend all of it on hydrogen, which the Japanese companies still think is better than batteries.

Supposedly hydrogen cars are a solved problem now, all the investment is going into infrastructure. The ability to fill your tank in a few minutes is useless if there's nowhere to fill up.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I was referring to Subaru not having enough capital.

But in terms of Hydrogen, it is either a product of fossil fuel extraction via natural gas, or a product of electrolysis at a huge cost of electricity which is better spent charging an EV.

It’s never gonna be widely adopted(which is why Toyota is pivoting after their ceo stepped down).