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30. The Model S had huge suspension problems

Sun Nov 17, 2024, 12:44 PM

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Big corrosion problems because the tech bros didn't think they needed to know anything about metallurgy. In hundreds of cases (maybe thousands), wheels simply broke off the car for no good reason.

These days, that seems to be fixed, but I don't know when they solved the problem, and I don't think they went back and repaired the defective cars.

I also suspect that the so-called "fully self-driving" feature has probably caused far more accidents than have been reported. After all, most Tesla people are a bit fanatical about their cars and boast wildly about this feature, even though it can only go about 12 13 miles between potentially catastrophic interventions.

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