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Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by saas_co_de »

exabrial wrote: post #7

Wow.... a whole lot of speculation, a screenshot likely taken out-of-context, and a lot of FUD. BusinessInsider is getting the clicks though. Best quote ever: "It's not clear how many cars, if any, have left the station without doing this test." It's stuff like this that makes me actually believe Musk when he talks about people actively campaigning against Telsa. [1] 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/elon-musk-said-…

If it was FUD Tesla would have denied it.

Tesla responded with spin and a refusal to deny which is confirmation in the minds of anyone who is used to dealing with corporate PR.

Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by celticninja »

ve55 wrote: post #4

There doesn't seem to be much actual content here. The article states "Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have" without ever mentioning what caused them to believe Elon Musk is involved. Then it states "It's not clear how many cars, if any, have left the station without doing this test." So, they not only have no evidence Elon Musk is involved in this, but have no evidence that proper testing has been skipped on cars. An…

That seems to be the current trend for business insider at the moment. The article is usually only a slightly fleshed out version of the headline with little actual content or reporting.

Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by geezerjay »

saas_co_de wrote: post #11
exabrial wrote: post #7

Wow.... a whole lot of speculation, a screenshot likely taken out-of-context, and a lot of FUD. BusinessInsider is getting the clicks though. Best quote ever: "It's not clear how many cars, if any, have left the station without doing this test." It's stuff like this that makes me actually believe Musk when he talks about people actively campaigning against Telsa. [1] 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/elon-musk-said-…

If it was FUD Tesla would have denied it. Tesla responded with spin and a refusal to deny which is confirmation in the minds of anyone who is used to dealing with corporate PR.

> If it was FUD Tesla would have denied it.

Have you ever denied being the mastermind behind 9/11?

Must be true, then.

Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by sunstone »

Hey let's not forget that business insider is part owned by Bezos who competes with Musk in the rocket business so articles like this should be taken with a grain of salt.

I saw my first parked model 3 about a week ago and got out to do a walk around. It's a much more impressive car in real life that it is in the photos. In particular the wide track and the design evoke very much a Porsche though, of course, it would have better performance and handling.

Full disclosure I don't own any Tesla (or SpaceX :) But I do have a soft spot for very nicely engineered objects of all kinds. I wouldn't be betting against the Tesla 3 because there's every reason to believe that, at a manufactured cost of $28k, this will be the best automotive value for quite some time.

Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by [deleted] »

whatok wrote: post #6
ve55 wrote: post #4

There doesn't seem to be much actual content here. The article states "Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have" without ever mentioning what caused them to believe Elon Musk is involved. Then it states "It's not clear how many cars, if any, have left the station without doing this test." So, they not only have no evidence Elon Musk is involved in this, but have no evidence that proper testing has been skipped on cars. An…

How many of the recent negative Tesla accounts would you say are "bullshit clickbait"?

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Re: Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3

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Post by shanghaiaway »

saas_co_de wrote: post #5
ve55 wrote: post #4

There doesn't seem to be much actual content here. The article states "Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have" without ever mentioning what caused them to believe Elon Musk is involved. Then it states "It's not clear how many cars, if any, have left the station without doing this test." So, they not only have no evidence Elon Musk is involved in this, but have no evidence that proper testing has been skipped on cars. An…

> So, they not only have no evidence Elon Musk is involved in this, but have no evidence that proper testing has been skipped on cars "Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have asked engineers at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, to remove a standard brake test ... according to internal documents seen by Business Insider." "The test was apparently shut down before 3 a.m. on June 26, according to a person familiar wit…

If it shut down on June 26th we can guesstimate the number of cars not tested to be 4000-5000
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