Elon Musk, frequently referred to as the welfare king who takes billion dollar handouts on broken promises, just made an abrupt desperate plea to the Chinese government to keep Tesla out of bankruptcy. Failures in management at every level in the company are coming to roost with missed deadlines, collapsing sales, product quality decline, broken … Continue reading Tesla Robots Compromised: Chinese Government Strikes Deal as a Death Spiral of Safety Failures Kills Car Sales →

The Tesla, very likely on Autopilot, apparently couldn’t follow faded or weak lines on the Kansas City road just before a curve. Sgt. Phillip DiMartino , a spokesperson with KCPD, said a preliminary investigation shows a gray Tesla 3 speeding south on North Platte Purchase Drive. The driver of the Tesla did not turn with … Continue reading MO Tesla Kills One in “Veered” Head-On Crash →

This article originally appeared in 2016. by Paul Wagenseil Senior editor, security, privacy and gaming. LAS VEGAS — Autonomous driving systems such as Tesla’s Autopilot or Google’s self-driving cars are far from being safe, security researcher Davi Ottenheimer said last week at the BSides Las Vegas hacker conference here, adding that letting such machines make … Continue reading Self-Driving Cars Could “Create Hell on Earth” →

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 →