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dealers make money from maintenance. evs have less maintence.
car salesmen are trained to negotiate, not educate consumers about evs.
factory workers/unions: evs require less factory workers.
many engineers have the wrong skills for evs.
executives also have the wrong skills. they are trained to negotiate with suppliers and focus on core competency. core competency changes from manufacturing engines to battery and electric drive train. innovation may require insourcing if suppliers fail.
investors want dividends and not to speculate on evs.
imho, it makes more sense for startups and tech companies to make evs.
"An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft, marine craft or spacecraft without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allowing the operator to focus on broader aspects of operations (for example, monitoring the trajectory, weather and on-board systems)."
I have filtered a lot of politics on twitter by blocking prominent politicians and mute words.
Tesla has ongoing response to this.
Here is a bitcoin topic I follow https://twitter.com/i/topics/1007360414114435072
https://psychedelictimes.com/the-secret-psychedelic-mushroom...
It could have read...
"It's what enabled Tesla to once accidentally turn off a feature for a user."
This would still make your point... that they have the capability, but wouldn't be misleading.
> It's what enables Tesla to turn off features that it doesn't think certain users should have
the misleading part is the phrase "doesn't think certain users should have" it sounds like it's at tesla's discretion but in fact they are referring to a single accident.
As someone who follows Tesla closely, it is destroying my trust in the media. This line would lead you believe that Tesla does this on a regular basis. I know that's not the case. If you click the link it's referring to an isolated incident that involves a single largely anonymous person (alec). So it makes me question the whole article.
This story is also anecdotal... does anyone know if this really even a problem? If it were, it sounds like an opportunity for a competitor to make a simple to repair harvester.