“Snake” CEO Lies for a Decade: Elon Musk Promised Robotic Cables in 2014, Again in 2020, Still Nothing

For some reason in 2014 Elon Musk decided to promise the world that Tesla would deliver robotic charging cables, which were called a “snake“. They never happened, despite a shameless Tesla PR stunt posting a video in 2015 claiming they were real. In 2016 some people tried very hard not to forget a “snake” was … Continue reading “Snake” CEO Lies for a Decade: Elon Musk Promised Robotic Cables in 2014, Again in 2020, Still Nothing

Canada Police Impound Tesla for Driving 110km/hr in 50km/hr Zone

Day after day I see reports of Tesla drivers caught doing double a posted speed limit, often ending in tragedy for obvious reasons (e.g. Ohio, Colorado, and California just this week). Here’s a good news version from Canada, where police stopped and impounded a Tesla before more people died. The incident occurred in the area … Continue reading Canada Police Impound Tesla for Driving 110km/hr in 50km/hr Zone

Tesla is Being Sued Up to 13 Times EVERY Day

For a decade now I have called out very vocally the catastrophically poor engineering culture of Tesla, which has predictably been leading to an explosion of defects and technical debt. In a 2016 security confernce keynote (after just the second Tesla “driverless” fatality) I called them out as a looming Titanic problem. Unfortunately my warnings … Continue reading Tesla is Being Sued Up to 13 Times EVERY Day

Tesla Owner Warns FSD 12.4 is Unsafe, Unusable, Worst Ever

Tesla has made a series of catastrophic management decisions that have rendered its “automation” hardware and software the worst in the industry. Removing radar and lidar sensors to leave only low grade cameras and repeatedly forcing qualified staff into dead-ends then replacing them with entry-level ones who wouldn’t disagree with their CEO… shouldn’t have been … Continue reading Tesla Owner Warns FSD 12.4 is Unsafe, Unusable, Worst Ever