Veered Tesla on Interstate Kills Truck Driver

A truck driver on the Yankee Expressway has been killed by Tesla, according to police. Initial reports indicate that software is unpredictably launching Teslas like missiles across lanes into other vehicles traveling in the same direction. Recently I reported Tesla’s latest software version — 11.3.4 — seems dangerously unfit for general use. It is very … Continue reading Veered Tesla on Interstate Kills Truck Driver

Was Elgar’s Enigma Hiding Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

A convincing case has been made in a very nice 2019 write-up that the famous 1899 Enigma was supposed to make people think of Pergolesi. …Edward Elgar composed what has become one of the most famous pieces of classical music in the world, the Enigma Variations. Its fame is due in large part to its … Continue reading Was Elgar’s Enigma Hiding Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

Safety Expert Demands Recall of Every Tesla Ever Made

The petition makes a lot of sense. If you read between the lines, a transit safety expert proves again that Tesla really doesn’t know the basics about how to make a safe car. In the petition, Lakafossis points out that it has been known since the 1980s that the Brake Transmission Shift Interlock (BTSI) feature … Continue reading Safety Expert Demands Recall of Every Tesla Ever Made

Massive Tesla Privacy Breach Exposes Culture of Cruelty and Customer Abuse

Privacy in a Tesla vehicle is non-existent, apparently. Interesting to think Tesla customers actually paid for this treatment. …between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras, according to interviews by Reuters with nine former employees. Some of … Continue reading Massive Tesla Privacy Breach Exposes Culture of Cruelty and Customer Abuse