Model Y Tesla Model Y

[dalab]

Shocking, terrifying.
Can you believe the statement? Is it that people have become idiots after 120 years of driving cars?

"And the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also concluded that reports of sudden acceleration in several Tesla vehicles across the country were due to drivers pressing the wrong pedal, as appears to have happened. in the fatal Chinese accident."

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Tesla Driver Pressed Wrong Pedal In Fatal China Crash, Data Suggests | Carscoops

Car’s accelerator was held at 100 percent before crash and Autopilot wasn’t engaged when Model Y collided with multiple people

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[A.P.]

Shocking, terrifying.
Can you believe the statement? Is it that people have become idiots after 120 years of driving cars?

"And the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also concluded that reports of sudden acceleration in several Tesla vehicles across the country were due to drivers pressing the wrong pedal, as appears to have happened. in the fatal Chinese accident."

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Tesla Driver Pressed Wrong Pedal In Fatal China Crash, Data Suggests | Carscoops

Car’s accelerator was held at 100 percent before crash and Autopilot wasn’t engaged when Model Y collided with multiple people

www.carscoops.com

Pressing the wrong pedal for 2,5 km... Yeaaa right...

 

[TopspeedPT]

 

[Centurion]

Shocking, terrifying.
Can you believe the statement? Is it that people have become idiots after 120 years of driving cars?

"And the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also concluded that reports of sudden acceleration in several Tesla vehicles across the country were due to drivers pressing the wrong pedal, as appears to have happened. in the fatal Chinese accident."

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Tesla Driver Pressed Wrong Pedal In Fatal China Crash, Data Suggests | Carscoops

Car’s accelerator was held at 100 percent before crash and Autopilot wasn’t engaged when Model Y collided with multiple people

www.carscoops.com

Utterly frightening. Like a silent missle travelling through a street. RIP to the victims. We need EVs to be more audible or else pedestrians will be hit without zero warning.

 

[kiki voinea]

Utterly frightening. Like a silent missle travelling through a street. RIP to the victims. We need EVs to be more audible or else pedestrians will be hit without zero warning.

Over 40-50km/h , tires are louder than most diesel engines , so over that speed , an EV is as loud as an ICE...

 

[Matski]

Utterly frightening. Like a silent missle travelling through a street. RIP to the victims. We need EVs to be more audible or else pedestrians will be hit without zero warning.

There was another one recently with a Model 3, again in China...

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Conflicting reports on whether there were fatalities or not.

It strikes me that maybe more so than engine noise, it's the fact you can go from virtual standstill to Vmax with a single movement of a pedal, in any MT car this kind of unintended acceleration wouldn't happen - you'd have to be in the right gear to begin with and at some point you'll run out of steam. Obviously cars with automatic transmissions would be capable of doing it, but there don't appear to be as many incidents of that as there are with EV's.

 

[Joelpeyeye]

2° in Germany

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[Tourbillon]

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[Tourbillon]

Tesla cuts US prices for fifth time since January

Tesla cut prices in the United States between 2% and nearly 6%, its website showed on Thursday, as the company extends a discount drive on its electric vehicles that analysts caution could hurt profitability.

www.reuters.com

"April 7 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) cut prices in the United States between 2% and nearly 6%, its website showed on Thursday, as the company extends a discount drive on its electric vehicles that analysts caution could hurt profitability.

The fifth such cut in Tesla's largest market since the start of the year comes as the United States prepares to adopt tougher standards this month that are expected to limit EV tax credits.

The company has said the tougher U.S. standards would reduce the $7,500 tax credit available for its base, rear-wheel drive Model 3 since January.

Tesla cut prices on both versions of its Model 3 sedan by $1,000 and on its Model Y crossover by $2,000, the website showed. It also cut prices on both versions of its more expensive Model S and Model X by $5,000."

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[Tourbillon]

Tesla Identified As Most Recalled Car Brand, Mercedes & Toyota Least!

The average car is expected to be recalled about four times over its life cycle, and the Tesla Model Y is expected to have 62 recalls.

Tesla Identified As Most Recalled Car Brand, Mercedes & Toyota Least

iSeeCars used NHTSA's list of recalls from 2014-2023 to learn which of today's cars are expected to have the most recalls over an expected 30-year lifespan.

insideevs.com

"According to a recent study by iSeeCars, Tesla is the most recalled car brand. In fact, the publication says the Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X secure four out of the top five spots for most recalled models. Porsche also has four of the most recalled models. Brands including Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota show up the least on the list of recalls.

iSeeCars consulted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) list of recalls from 2014 to 2023 to put together its list. The goal was to learn which of today's cars are expected to have the most and least recalls over the course of an expected 30-year lifespan. iSeeCars’ Executive Analyst Karl Brauer shared:

‌“Looking through NHTSA’s recall data confirmed a wide spectrum of recall activity between the most and least recalled models. A car like the Lexus NX 300h or Nissan 370Z is projected to have less than one recall over a 30-year lifespan. Conversely, the most recalled cars, including all four Tesla models, a Porsche, and two Volkswagens, are projected to have between 20 and 62 recalls.”

Interestingly, the study also exposed that cars with the fewest recalls have "1 or fewer predicted recalls" over a 30-year lifespan. Meanwhile, the most recalled models are predicted to be recalled at least 10 times during the same lifespan. Clearly, this is something that new car buyers should consider as they shop for a vehicle."

 

[A.P.]

And of those how many are just updates and how many are actual physical recalls where a car has to visit a service center?

 

[Tourbillon]

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Elon doing what Henry Ford did circa 100 years ago. I think it’s the right strategy for them.

 

[Sunny]

Elon doing what Henry Ford did circa 100 years ago. I think it’s the right strategy for them.

What strategy is that?

 

[tristatez28lt1]

What strategy is that?

Henry Ford was able to revolutionize the automobile industry and make the Model T the first truly mass-produced and affordable car. This success enabled Ford to capture significant market share and establish itself as the dominant player in the automobile market. Musk is doing the same just in the new world of BEVs. Key success factors: focus on efficient production, standardization, vertical integration, economies of scale, affordable pricing (pricing the competition out of the mass market), continuous improvement and closeness of business units for speedy information flow and implementation.

 

[Sunny]

Henry Ford was able to revolutionize the automobile industry and make the Model T the first truly mass-produced and affordable car. This success enabled Ford to capture significant market share and establish itself as the dominant player in the automobile market. Musk is doing the same just in the new world of BEVs. Key success factors: focus on efficient production, standardization, vertical integration, economies of scale, affordable pricing (pricing the competition out of the mass market), continuous improvement and closeness of business units for speedy information flow and implementation.

That all sounds like common sense things everyone should know by now, right?

 

[tristatez28lt1]

That all sounds like common sense things everyone should know by now, right?

Well… look at the rest of the industry and see how they’re doing Tesla is executing while the others aren’t/can’t.

 

[Matski]

Well… look at the rest of the industry and see how they’re doing Tesla is executing while the others aren’t/can’t.

The strategy might be similar, but didn't the Model T smash the market price wise? Tesla's no where near doing that even if you confine the market to EV's.

 

[kiki voinea]

The strategy might be similar, but didn't the Model T smash the market price wise? Tesla's no where near doing that even if you confine the market to EV's.

The strategy is there. Different times. Kudos for Tesla for doing the right thing: Keeping the prices where they should be.

With all this "oh , we have inflation. But why? Because we want to" things going on lately , things like this bring a smile on my face.

After seeing BMW asking 200k for a worse X6 ( XM ) , and MB asking WAY over 220k for the S63AMG ( a car that was starting at around 160k with the last gen ) , let's be happy that there are manufacturers that still do the right thing

PS: NOT comparing Tesla with MB/BMW/etc. I'm just comparing the price modifications that they do lately, WITH 0 justification.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

The strategy might be similar, but didn't the Model T smash the market price wise? Tesla's no where near doing that even if you confine the market to EV's.

In fact it's exactly what they do. Just check the new prices of the Model Y in the US.