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Elon Musk delusionally believes Trump support is not affecting Tesla, claims sales are at 'all-time highs' (electrek.co)

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I, for one, definitely won't be buying another Tesla as long as Naziboy Musk has anything to do with the company.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

On the safety issue, I have a personal pet theory that a lot of "sudden acceleration events" in Teslas come from the one pedal system they use for both gas and break.

We're dealing with decades of ingrained muscle memory that says when you're about to hit something/lose control/etc.. you slam on the brakes. I know in some vehicles they say "in case of emergency, turn off one-pedal mode". But seriously, in a split second emergency you're going to remember to do that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

We’re dealing with decades of ingrained muscle memory that says when you’re about to hit something/lose control/etc… you slam on the brakes. I know in some vehicles they say “in case of emergency, turn off one-pedal mode”. But seriously, in a split second emergency you’re going to remember to do that?

What are you talking about? The brake pedal is still there in EV's and it still does the same job. I've driven an EV for 3 years using OPD and not once have I ever forgotten that the brake exists.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

That's all EVs nowadays.

They all have regen so you barely ever brake in any of them.

Many of them also come to a complete stop without touching the brake as well. That's not a Tesla only thing.

Edit: Oh also on a Tesla you used to be able to enable "creep" mode so it behaved like an ICE and wouldn't come to a complete stop. The EPA changed the rules though and made it so you have to advertise the combined or lowest mileage though (can't recall) of all features, and creep lowers mileage by a few miles due to not 100% regen, so Tesla nix'd the feature to not reduce their EPA range. New cars no longer have the feature, old cars still have it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

I don't think you understand what one pedal driving means. You absolutely need to use the brakes on a regular basis.