Tesla repeatedly fails basic engineering tests, as it designs for happy paths and barely if ever considers real world conditions. Rain? They didn’t think about that.

The brand arrogantly claimed FSD 12.5 to be a vastly improved product over prior versions, simply and rapidly iterating a number to distract from fundamental failures and actual assessments. It’s a 10, it’s an 11, it’s a 12… it’s still just a complete disaster that can’t be said to operate safely. Call it version 3,000 and it still doesn’t change the horrible smell of fraud.

Case in point, a new report confirms what anyone could predict, version 12.5 of FSD isn’t worth a penny and will probably kill people.

For starters, it took a wrong turn out of the neighborhood, something the drivers said it struggles with. Then, while making a left turn onto a highway, it dangerously stopped in the middle of the road while waiting for an approaching car to pass. Instead, it could have simply stopped before the marked line.

Yeah, it dangerously failed. And it gets even worse from there.

The rain compromised the car’s vision, too. Tesla only relies on cameras and training its “neural networks” from real driving footage from millions of vehicles. Unlike Cruise or Waymo, there’s no supplemental radar or lidar on Teslas. In the middle of the drive, the system alerted the drivers that FSD was “degraded.” Shortly after that, the Model 3’s screen rendering showed a road-side shoulder, where it attempted to make a U-turn. There existed no shoulder in this imagined space, just a furniture store. It appeared as though the EV was trying to [crash into] the store….

The “Kool AI Man” product of Tesla, as I’ve pointed out before, is an unnecessary and predictable threat to public safety.

I’ve written extensively about the “88 reveal” before, and here the Tweet is again for reference on the fateful day itself.

The “88” is a well known reference around the world used to invoke white supremacist domestic terrorism, and Tesla often uses it in their marketing.

However, the only vehicle-related things revealed so far on 8/8 have been more catastrophic FSD failures and a serious hood problem.

Oh, but wait, there was also this.

Elon Musk has deleted an image he shared on X, formerly Twitter, which promoted a conspiracy theory about the UK building “detainment camps” on the Falkland Islands for rioters.

The image – which was faked to look like it had come from the Daily Telegraph website – had been posted by the co-leader of the far-right Britain First party, Ashlea Simon…

And this.

…the owner of X, Elon Musk, escalated his attacks on the Labour government, sharing a fake Telegraph article on his social media platform claiming Keir Starmer was considering sending far-right rioters to “emergency detainment camps” in the Falklands. The article was first posted by Ashlea Simon, a co-leader of the far-right group Britain First.

The post, which Musk deleted after 30 minutes, prompted a spokesperson for the European Commission to say its investigation into X could take its handling of harmful content related to the recent England riots into account.

Anyone spreading Elon Musk’s vision of “robotics” anywhere near the public — including fake accounts on Twitter — should be investigated for involvement in his platforms of hate (Technocracy).

…fake claims have circulated widely, particularly on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, extremism researchers said. And police have openly blamed that misinformation for the violence that has wracked the country in recent days, with rioters throwing bricks at mosques, setting cars on fire and chanting anti-Islamic slogans while clashing with officers in riot gear.

Now we know better what the most prolific liar in history meant by Tesla robots for a reveal. It has been Tesla engineering and technology transfer to Twitter that is behind the decline of safety, leading to rapid growth and spread of incitement for violent hate crimes.

Elon Musk is bringing at least 50 engineers from Tesla to Twitter. Most have little to no experience designing social networks…

They were just following orders?

The 2023 Tesla Autopilot crash rate numbers were released last month, leading to serious doubts about company ethics. Notably, Tesla hides crash data where they claim Autopilot was “disengaged”, despite data from all the other “active safety features” still enabled.

“A note on Tesla’s revised safety report crash rates”, by Noah J. Goodall CET Research, the United States of America

As the report author Tweeted:

The revisions don’t make statistical sense, and I suspect Tesla is miscounting crashes to make Autopilot look safer.

…THAT’S A LOT OF CRASHES!

This blog has said for many years already the Tesla numbers smelled like they were cooked.

We know, for example, how local traffic news reports a dangerous rise in Tesla deaths at a rate far, far higher than the brand itself admits or reports to the NHTSA. When Trump was in the White House, the Tesla CEO visited in person and all the Autopilot deaths were held off the record for four years until President Biden was elected. Regulators have suggested Tesla may suppress over 80% of crash reports, based on what police have documented.

This new scientific peer-reviewed report also comes on the heels of an explosive WSJ story (no pun intended), alleging Tesla safety misconduct and fraud.

Inside the WSJ’s Investigation of Tesla’s Autopilot Crash Risks:
Cars using Autopilot sometimes struggle to recognize obstacles or stay on the road

Sometimes? It looks like without fraud that there would be no Tesla.