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US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash

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410 points jjulius | 3 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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massysett ◴[19 Oct 24 02:14 UTC] No.41885131[source]▶
"Tesla says on its website its FSD software in on-road vehicles requires active driver supervision and does not make vehicles autonomous."

Despite it being called "Full Self-Driving."

Tesla should be sued out of existence.

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systemvoltage[dead post] ◴[19 Oct 24 02:54 UTC] No.41885290[source]▶
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1. gitaarik ◴[19 Oct 24 16:32 UTC] No.41888799[source]▶
As I understand, electric cars are more polluting than non-electric, because first of all manufacturing and resources footprint is larger, but also because they are heavier (because of the batteries), the tires wear down much faster, needing more tire replacement, which is so significantly much that their emission free-ness doesn't compensate for it.

Besides, electric vehicles still seem to be very impractical compared to normal cars, because they can't drive very far without needing a lengthy recharge.

So I think the eco-friendliness of electric vehicles is maybe like the full self-driving system: nice promises but no delivery.

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2. theyinwhy ◴[19 Oct 24 19:10 UTC] No.41889911[source]▶
That has been falsified by more studies than I can keep track of. And yes, if you charge your electric with electricity produced by oil, the climate effect will be non-optimal.
3. djaychela ◴[19 Oct 24 22:53 UTC] No.41891411[source]▶
Pretty much everything you've said here isn't true. You are just repeating tropes that are fossil fuel industry FUD.