The original sin. A Tesla S killed a cyclist when it was first released, which allegedly prompted Elon Musk to promise he would make an Autopilot to end all deaths. Instead, after a decade of rising fatal crashes, Tesla with Autopilot are now the unmistakable cause of more death than without. A 56-year-old Snohomish man … Continue reading WA Tesla Kills One: Manslaughter Charge for Autopilot Attack on Motorcycle
Police have reported two motorcycles just suddenly crashed into the back of a Tesla. Police said the two motorcycles collided into the rear of a Tesla driving southbound on NW Broad Street around 5 p.m. According to police, one of the motorcycles caught fire after the wreck. Imagine the kind of software design flaw that … Continue reading TN Tesla Phantom Braking Crashes Two Motorcycles, Killing One
Special Forces are orienting around the amazing performance characteristics of light bicycles with electric motors — motor-cycles, also known as eBikes. One of the curious problems with gasoline motorcycles is they grew too big and unwieldy at several hundred pounds, not to mention they ran on gasoline (not ideal for a military running on diesel). … Continue reading New Special Forces eBikes are Really Just Motorcycles
War on the Rocks has published a superb article on Irregular Warfare under an image of a Christini 300 AWD motorcycle. I suppose you could call a motorcycle 2WD, yet that doesn’t do the concept justice. The wheels aren’t just both being powered at the same time to turn simultaneously. AWD means ensuring every wheel … Continue reading Irregular Tech for Irregular Warfare: AWD Motorcycles