NHTSA Upgrades Investigation of Tesla “Loss of Steering Control” as Complaints Explode

The NHTSA last July opened a preliminary investigation (PE 23-014) given just a dozen complaints. The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) on 2023 model year Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles due to reports of inability to steer the vehicle and the loss of power steering. ODI has … Continue reading NHTSA Upgrades Investigation of Tesla “Loss of Steering Control” as Complaints Explode

Court Rules Against Tesla in Door Safety Design Defect Case

The judge clearly wasn’t having any of the usual Tesla nonsense: Court denies Tesla’s motion to dismiss the four California state law claims in Urban’s complaint… The owner of a very expensive Tesla couldn’t get into it after the cheap handle design failed. More importantly he couldn’t open the door either. And Tesla allegedly replaced … Continue reading Court Rules Against Tesla in Door Safety Design Defect Case

Desperate Tesla Begs US Gov for Handouts to Pay For its Move to Texas

Tesla is perhaps not known well enough for shutting down high speed rail in CA with a “hyper loop” pipe dream that never delivered anything. They threw fiction into PR cycles using scam and propaganda methods because they couldn’t handle any competition with their poorly made cars (which are increasingly killing hundreds in “veered” head … Continue reading Desperate Tesla Begs US Gov for Handouts to Pay For its Move to Texas

Tesla Engineers Claim Deadly “Autopilot” Failures Since 2016 Treated as Wontfix

Tesla engineers have now confirmed what is being measured by safety experts outside, so it’s been proven to be no exaggeration to call the brand willfully negligent. Let’s back up for a minute and admit that 2016 should have seen the end of Tesla’s “Autopilot”. In January of that year, then again in May, Tesla’s … Continue reading Tesla Engineers Claim Deadly “Autopilot” Failures Since 2016 Treated as Wontfix