In 2021 the Menlo Park politicians voted into the budget Ford, Chevy and Tesla electric cars. Specifically, three Tesla were assigned to their police department. …the police department will initiate a $350,000 pilot program to test three Tesla electric cars… Now they say the Tesla are unfit for purpose and unsafe. …autopilot would occasionally interfere … Continue reading Menlo Park Police Criticize Their $350K Tesla Patrol Cars as Unsafe and Unfit →

Right in the middle of the fresh new announcement of the U.S. vehicle to everything (V2X) deployment plan, is the following brief section on security concerns. Secure Deployment: Cybersecurity and Privacy Principles Successful V2X deployment requires cyber resilience so its communication services remain available and all users have confidence in the integrity of V2X data … Continue reading Solid and V2X: Addressing Cybersecurity Concerns in U.S. DoT National Deployment Plan →

It is worth repeating that Tesla infamously marketed their Cybertruck as a $100K survival vehicle to withstand the harshest challenges. “Armor glass can resist the impact of a baseball at 70 mph or class 4 hail.” Class 4 hail? Not actually a thing. I’ll get to that in a minute. Armor glass? Uh huh, a … Continue reading Petty Thief Easily Shattered Tesla Cybertruck “Shatterproof” Window and Stole Contents →

I’ve covered this before, when Elon Musk uses the “some of my best friends are” defense. It’s wrong to use for many well known and studied reasons, including being clearly racist. Here’s yet another example of him using it, as if he really doesn’t care. The forthcoming book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, … Continue reading “My Good Friend is Black”: Elon Musk Gives Racist Response to Concerns About Twitter Racism →