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

by kldaace on 7/3/18, 2:44 PM with 14 comments

  • by ve55 on 7/3/18, 5:00 PM

    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. And then they go ahead and title the article "Elon Musk ordered Tesla engineers to stop doing a critical brake test on Model 3s".

    Stop it with the bullshit clickbait headlines. It's bad enough having them completely permeate politics, but now that it's becoming so widespread in other areas is just proving how correct people like Elon Musk are in their criticism of the media.

  • by exabrial on 7/3/18, 5:23 PM

    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-tesla-short-s...

  • by mankash666 on 7/3/18, 4:10 PM

    The leaks, they keep on coming for Tesla. Tesla employees seem genuinely worried about shortcuts, despite taking pride in being associated with the most innovative automaker of our times. I believe Musk should heed to concerns, instead of foaming at the press, or branding concerned employees 'disloyal'

    Can Musk be sued personally for cases of faulty brakes (if any)?

  • by sunstone on 7/3/18, 9:42 PM

    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.