Tesla exective admits 2016 self-driving demo video was staged

Originally published at: Tesla exective admits 2016 self-driving demo video was staged | Boing Boing

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There was a time we could count on a Musk fanboi to show up here and twist himself into pretzels explaining why this kind of fraud by his God-emperor made perfect sense in the larger game of 5D chess. They’re mighty quiet here these days.

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Hold on a minute. Do you mean to say that Musk misrepresented what the car was actually capable of doing?

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The “best” part is that the car crashed during the filming of that staged commercial. CBC has a bit more detail.

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Maybe they can’t pay for an ISP after getting margin called one too many times.

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Sounds like another class action is needed here for the obvious fraud to juice the stock price.

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In other news, satire is dead, or at least superfluous.

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