Tesla's terrible response to this and the detrimental effect on its image must be pretty obvious to most of the HN crowd. I have to wonder why they persist. Is their PR spin actually having a positive effect on the public at large?
Mr. Musk seems like he's becoming increasingly erratic and controlling, and there's a record of him being unable to take criticism. This is a pretty intense form of criticism.
Given all that, it seems fair to assume that Musk is under a lot of pressure at the moment; and stressed-out people make bad decisions.
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Now Tesla is kicked out of the investigation, so I assume any leverage they had to help with the investigation is now gone.
The investigation will continue on, and the NTSB will conduct it fairly, Tesla just won't be involved. I understand both sides, Tesla desperately wants to tell it's side publicly, and the NTSB wants all participants to stay quiet till investigation completes.
Telsa just gave up their opportunity to share their own perspective on the investigation. That could have consequences.
Why should they wait a year before making a public statement?
And releasing it doesn’t prejudice the investigation in any way.
2. As the NTSB noted, part of the reason for these rules is also PR-related - they want to make sure that other parties' decision-making processes on information-sharing aren't warped by the need to get favorable information out in public faster.
3. Most importantly - showing no respect for the procedures of the agency investigating you indicates a mentality that puts you above third-party judgment.
...says nothing about the hands. It only says something about the sensors, until there is conclusive evidence from a secondary source.
> TESLA: "The only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road, ..."
Nobody knows what happened. Huang may have had his hands on the wheel, which the system failed to register, and the car made a turn that he wasn't able to correct in time without hitting other vehicles.
The other hands ask: what don't we know that's causing them to act like this.
Moi? I would presume the NTSB is being manipulated somehow in someway to slow Tesla down and/or knock them from there perch. Look at their valuation. Certainly their must be long time auto industry ego who find that offensive.
Something is drifting sideways but it feels like there are other less obvious forces and influences involved.