Yeah, I do agree… seems out of character, considering how much he loves to skewer sacred cows…
Yeah… Kind of the feel the same. I did watch it, hoping it would be more penetrating, but it never really got there.
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I feel like this was what would have passed for a brutal takedown of Elon Musk if it had come out about a year or two ago. But now anyone who has been paying attention already knows all these terrible things about him, and many more that Oliver wouldn’t have had time to cover even if he wanted to.
Hopefully this will at least catch the attention of a few people who haven’t been paying attention.
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That might have something to do with the overly optimistically named “autopilot” performing at SAE Level 2 (Partial Driving Automation). Which is a long way away from Level 5 (Full Driving Automation).
BTW, other car makers already have Level 3 production models and Level 4 models in practical testing.
If Tesla don’t get their shit together, fast - and step one towards this is kicking Musk off the board - they are toast.
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This is what got “paedo guy”'s knickers in a twist about Ireland and prompted him to back and boost fascists here:
It would be another nail in the coffin of (the doomed) Twitter in Europe. If he wants his everything app, he’ll have to ditch the social media side of it.
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And what did Elon sell his soul to?
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Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective
Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic ‘flaws’ and ‘failures’ for years.
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Something tells me he didn’t run that idea past either the engineers or the legal team before posting it.
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Probably saw this old commercial on YouTube and didn’t like the idea of a VW Bug having capabilities that his truck lacked.
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the VW has a quality his truck never have: was an iconic design appealing to multiple generations 
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If Herbie had looked like a Cybertruck then “The Love Bug” would have been billed as a horror movie.
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It will have that limited range (if that much) and people will try it for more resulting in sinking and / or explosions.
Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck
He did, at least technically:
As seen in this short video clip shared on Monday, Tesla’s veep of vehicle engineering Lars Moravy told former TV talk show host and car connoisseur Jay Leno that making the Cybertruck into a boat was one of Musk’s original dreams. The Tesla CEO swiftly confirmed that plan was already in the works.
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Whether Musk’s claims in any way reflect reality is unknown, and Tesla didn’t respond to questions from The Register. We’re still, of course, waiting on that full self-driving that was promised what feels like eons ago, and that cage fight, and that cave rescue, and so on.
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Additional information, links:
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TESLA LAWYERS:
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Two words: billable hours.
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lakes and seas, check and check.
scotland, … oh hell.
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