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Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by falcolas »

tyleo wrote: post #6
bryanlarsen wrote: post #3

Another massive recall... to increase the font size on some icons on their UI. That's it. That's all there is to the recall.

Yeah, I can’t believe so many words are spilled in an article over such a nothing burger… well I can believe it but it’s sad. I’m just as much of a Tesla critic as anyone I’d say but this is really a reach.

If it's become as formal as a recall, it's worth at least noting. Sure, the fix is simple (and most folks won't even notice), but Tesla was still forced into making the fix.

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

kevingadd wrote: post #8
bryanlarsen wrote: post #3

Another massive recall... to increase the font size on some icons on their UI. That's it. That's all there is to the recall.

We have safety standards for a reason. Details are important, especially in dangerous equipment like cars and airplanes.

Are there standards for touch screen UI elements?

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by nickthegreek »

xeromal wrote: post #10
nickthegreek wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The agency says that the brake, park and anti-lock brake warning lights have a smaller font size than required by federal safety standards. How is it a hit piece? Tesla did not implement the federal safety standards correctly.

Because the articles don't make it super obvious in the headline that it's a software update.

Ya there is a bunch of missing information from the headline... thats why there is an article, to talk about it.

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by bryanlarsen »

kevingadd wrote: post #8
bryanlarsen wrote: post #3

Another massive recall... to increase the font size on some icons on their UI. That's it. That's all there is to the recall.

We have safety standards for a reason. Details are important, especially in dangerous equipment like cars and airplanes.

Sure, the NHTSA did the right thing. The NY Post, on the other hand...

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by falcolas »

xeromal wrote: post #10
nickthegreek wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The agency says that the brake, park and anti-lock brake warning lights have a smaller font size than required by federal safety standards. How is it a hit piece? Tesla did not implement the federal safety standards correctly.

Because the articles don't make it super obvious in the headline that it's a software update.

The solution for many recalls these days is quite often a software update.

No, what's notable is Tesla was forced to issue the update. This probably has consequences for Tesla beyond some bandwidth.

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by xeromal »

nickthegreek wrote: post #13
xeromal wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the articles don't make it super obvious in the headline that it's a software update.

Ya there is a bunch of missing information from the headline... thats why there is an article, to talk about it.

We both know most people don't hence the journalistic integrity required to write a headline properly conveying the severity which is "It ain't shit."

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by chrisco255 »

nickthegreek wrote: post #13
xeromal wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because the articles don't make it super obvious in the headline that it's a software update.

Ya there is a bunch of missing information from the headline... thats why there is an article, to talk about it.

No there is an article to grab your attention, to sell advertisements to you.

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by forgot-im-old »

falcolas wrote: post #11
tyleo wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I can’t believe so many words are spilled in an article over such a nothing burger… well I can believe it but it’s sad. I’m just as much of a Tesla critic as anyone I’d say but this is really a reach.

If it's become as formal as a recall, it's worth at least noting. Sure, the fix is simple (and most folks won't even notice), but Tesla was still forced into making the fix.

"remotecall"?

Re: Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

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Post by halfjoking »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #3

Another massive recall... to increase the font size on some icons on their UI. That's it. That's all there is to the recall.

Can I use this at my dayjob?

“Boss, it’s Friday… do we really want to recall our mobile version affecting all 10 million MAU?”

But I just asked if we can make the fonts bigger on mobile?

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