Tesla is fighting a Right-to-Repair initiative in Massachusetts
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Because of the current right to repair in Massachusetts (I think the only state) they have to provide the service manual. However, they make you pay $100 per day and it's online only with all kinds of measures to prevent you from downloading it.
Any other car's service manual can be picked up in the store for a reasonable price.
If you no longer own a car they should not be allowed to sell it to you. Make it lease only and if it breaks, they need to deal with it, like a cable box.
As a Tesla owner, I encourage (nay, plead) any MA residents to vote yes on Question 1. The right to repair should be just that: a right, codified in statute.
Most of maintenance is in brakes and tires these days for most cars.
Additionally, I just looked on rockauto.com(they sell auto parts) and there is so little Tesla parts. I can buy body panels for other cars, engines, engine internal components, literally 80% of parts that are on the complete vehicle. Tesla is a complete joke as a car manufacturer.
Isn’t that what they want eventually? Technology is being used to turn vehicle ownership into licensing. The goal is to make you pay forever, even after you’ve paid for the damn thing.
> Question 1 goes well beyond what is necessary to perform this work, and it potentially jeopardizes vehicle and data security.
IMO they don’t want people to see how much data they’re collecting. How does reading telemetry style data jeopardize the vehicle?
There are ads running in Massachusetts that tell you if Question 1 passes, everyone can access your data and you will get stalked and raped [0].