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Tesla on Autopilot slams into a car that had flashers on due to an earlier accident — so much for a smart car. I expect NHTSA to recall $TSLA Autopilot as early as Q1 2023.
RIP Tesla Model 3 (whose sales have plunged everywhere): The Mercedes CLA EV is dropping soon
The Germans are relentless in their pursuit of more tech and greater EV range — the CLA will have 25% more range and a much better ride quality than the $TSLA Model 3.
Do NOT pay Elon Musk for a Twitter blue check mark. He will ask for proof of identity + personal details: driver’s license or passport, home address, DOB, and phone number to “validate” you for a blue check mark. Do not give him your personal info.
NEW: Twitter is planning to start charging $20 a month for verification. It’s Elon Musk’s first big project.
Oh, and the team building it was told they will all be fired if they don’t meet a launch deadline of November 7th.
Is Tesla inflating odometer to show more range, ding lessors with over miles and duck repairs under warranty? As I return my leased Model Y I noticed the odometer is off by 20% vs my Lexus RZ. Turns out other Tesla owners have a similar concern. Is Musk gaming the Tesla odometer?
🚨 Busted for inflating sales figures in Australia, Tesla says it will stop reporting sales altogether—likely because BYD is pulverizing $TSLA in sales growth in Australia which imposes no tariffs on BYD.
Where there are no protectionist measures/true competition, Tesla loses.
So Reps. LAUREN BOEBERT and ANA PAULINA LUNA manage to grab a selfie with Dave Chappelle while he is in DC and then use that selfie for their own political gain — to falsely claim that he endorses their low IQ political positions 😂 🤡
Does Ali Velshi’s background (a Canadian of Indian descent whose family experienced apartheid in South Africa) make him better at explaining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so clearly when many “top journalists” and “analysts” cannot or will not? Are the others compromised?
@RonanFarrow
@NewYorker
This piece on Musk by Ronan Farrow omits a key alarming development: Since Musk took over X Twitter, he disabled location visibility on posts, meaning Russia or malicious foreign actors could use the app to spread disinformation via unsuspecting users unaware of origin of posts.
@tkassen
@DianeKelly
@CaseyNewton
Over the last 5 days, Tesla lost $80 billion in market cap while EV rivals $LCID and $RIVN gained billions in market cap. That averages to $2 billion in lost Tesla market cap per Elon Musk tweet. How much longer before Tesla’s board fires him?
The lame-named Super Heavy from SpaceX experiences “rapid unscheduled disassembly” — not the first Musk product to experience a catastrophic explosion, spewing toxic chemicals, after burning up obscene amounts of fossil fuels.
@wei_w_toronto
How many of the “homeless” people on San Francisco’s streets came from parts of Appalachia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio that are grappling with opioids and substance abuse? Many “homeless” in California have mental health and substance dependence issues and come from elsewhere.
RIP Tesla Model Y. The all-electric Lexus RZ450e is here: Much better ride and range in city driving, ventilated seats, a proper yoke, dimming panoramic sunroof, and wireless Apple Car Play, plus standard Lexus reliability and customer service.
Hmmmm if hail destroys the glass on a Tesla Model Y but not the SUV parked right next to the $TSLA, does this count as getting Musked?
Is Musk using extra thin glass now to save costs, boost profits?
Johnny Cash and comedic genius don’t seem immediately synonymous. But 41 years ago today, Johnny Cash hosted SNL with Elton John as the musical guest.
Prior to Elton’s performance, Cash and John switched costumes.
This is in Florida. So once these “homeless” encampments are destroyed or removed, many will flee to DC, New York or California. The displacement pattern of unhoused folks with mental health and substance abuse issues remains largely uncovered by media.
To understand how terrified Musk is of Chinese EVs and why he canceled his India trip to scramble to China instead to beg the CCP to save Tesla, just look at that interior of the $27,000 Galaxy E8 from Geely which owns Zeekr, Polestar, Volvo, Aston Martin, Lotus, London cabs…
Chinese EV maker Zeekr (owned by Geely which owns Polestar, Volvo, Aston Martin, London cabs) has unveiled a robotaxi platform beating Musk who can’t even show a sketch of his mythical Tesla robotaxi. Zeekr Mix is world's first car with electrically rotatable front seats.
Chicago became Tesla’s graveyard, proving yet again that a Tesla is a mild weather car, designed in and optimized for mild weather California.
Range plummeted by 60% for Chicago Tesla owners while charging times TRIPLED.
Oh…and Tesla refuses to answer to media or owners.
Sorry, Musk, Tesla and Pepsi.
Coca-Cola will start deliveries using electric Renault Trucks in Belgium, beating Elon Musk's Dec. 1 delivery deadline. Renault is already crushing Tesla in EV sales in France.
RIP Tesla Model 3: new 2025 Toyota Camry dropping soon — and is only available as a hybrid with a 50+ MPG rating which means that even in brutal winter conditions the $TM Camry should get a staggering 600 miles (725+ normally) whereas $TSLA Model 3 would get just 100 miles 😂
When the student becomes the master:
BYD supplies batteries to Tesla Model Y which helped the Y achieve much faster charging times.
This BYD Seal — a $TSLA Model 3 rival in China — is a reason Musk is scrambling to refresh the aging Model 3.
What BYD features will Tesla copy?
Chicago cold is killing Teslas and “ superchargers ” leaving Tesla owners stranded 😂
A Tesla left unplugged overnight in cold can shed 25 miles of range as energy is sucked from batteries to keep them warm, prevent permanent damage.
My Model Y got max 120 miles in Chicago…
Yet another Cybertruck owner joins the Musked Club!
Ceiling mounted gear selector falls off completely so Tesla “ service ”offers Musked owner ** sticky tape ** 🤡
Other Tesla owners had to apply duct tape to doors to get them to shut properly.
Get why $TSLA is imploding?
Yet another failed Cybertruck subjects yet another Musked $TSLA owner to the Tow of Shame in front of the entire neighborhood.
Tesla is the most towed car brand; staggering failure rate of
Cybertrucks would’ve prompted a functioning NHTSA to mandate a stop-sell / recall by now.
Wow…mass shooting in Monterey Park — up to 10 reported dead — in the area of Garfield/Garvey where there was a Lunar New Year festival, which I attended with a few friends.
Tesla engineers wanted to keep radar and embrace LiDAR. He overruled them. A decision directly linked to $TSLA FSD Beta being a perpetual failure.
SpaceX engineers advised flame diverters. He overruled them, a decision directly linked to Starship launch failure.
Hours after $TSLA reported that government subsidies helped it avoid a bigger disaster in Q1 earnings, Elon Musk’s government-funded SpaceX “Starship” explodes in test flight in a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly’— a euphemism on par with Tesla’s “full self driving” 😂
Reporter takes a long distance trip from Chicago to NYC in a Tesla Model Y and discovers what many other Tesla owners who live in colder regions have: Tesla’s range estimates are fake and cannot be trusted. The $TSLA even lost valuable range just sitting parked overnight.
The lame-named Cybertruck’s interior looks like it came from a 1980’s low budget sci-fi prop piece — nearly four years after its unveiling, why is the screen activated via this DIY wire assembly? That A-pillar monstrosity looks like it would severely obstruct visibility…
Bombshell report: Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge. $TSLA became so inundated with range complaints it created a special team to cancel service appointments.
Walter Huang, Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about Tesla’s unpredictably dangerous and defective Autopilot malfunctioning, veering his Tesla toward that same barrier on the same stretch of the freeway.
While Musk dithers around on Twitter, Kia keeps rolling over Tesla — the EV9 is a better Tesla Model X for a lot less money, forcing Musk to drop the price on the aging and unreliable $TSLA X. Expect another $5,000 price drop on the X in coming weeks.
@JaniceB97124155
But California was able to shift away from gold to tech and entertainment. Its population grew massively to become the most populated state, with the highest GDP of any state, producing Apple, Tesla, Twitter, Instagram, Netfix, Salesforce, Uber etc. Why did West Virginia fail?
If a Toyota Prius and a Tesla Model 3 RWD started driving from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, California, at the same time, and cruised at the same average speed, the Prius would arrive in San Francisco 2 hours earlier.
So many Musk & Tesla fanbois who got suckered into overpaying for a $TSLA at high interest rates are now “woke” … after their “recession proof investment” shed value yet again. Some will never recover those losses. The EV bubble continues deflating.
Both Tesla and Nvidia hype their AI.
YTD:
$NVDA UP 47%
$TSLA DOWN 23%
What’s the difference? Their CEOs. Tesla’s spends every waking hour posting about toxic identity politics, giving critics the middle finger. Nvidia’s stays laser-focused on the product pipeline, innovation.
Any time $TSLA stock takes a tumble, Musk trots out Semi and lame-named Cybertruck prototypes — neither are in mass production despite being unveiled years ago — this is the longest, lamest buildup in automotive history. But fanbois lap up this circus 🎪
Some get Musked. And others get SUPER Musked.
$33,000 (!!) to fix what appears to be superficial damage to a Tesla Model Y.
Resulting in the car being totaled. So much for a “green” car from a “green” business 😮
Tesla FSD Beta remains defective and dangerous: Watch this video of $TSLA going too fast on slick, snow dappled roads, almost hitting parked cars, phantom braking, requiring driver to intervene constantly — why is NHTSA allowing this to be deployed widely?
“Never buy a new Tesla,” says a freshly Musked Tesla owner of a two-year old $100,000+ Model X, now worth less than $40,000…
The $TSLA Model X is arguably the least reliable, least well built, and most expensive-to-maintain vehicle sold today.
Yet another new Tesla owner Musked! Enticed by price cuts, picks up a Model 3 that turns out to be a demo — buyer wasn’t allowed inspection before payment and lo and behold the car is defect-riddled, and now the owner is at the mercy of $TSLA “service center”.
Police offers who were injured when a Tesla in “Autopilot” mode slammed into them are suing Tesla for damages.
The footage clearly shows Musk lied when he said “Autopilot” was safer than human drivers.
Musk as usual is shifting the blame to the $TSLA driver who got Musked.
At the $TSlA Shareholders Q&A, Musk said it will be very hard to make the lame-named CyberTruck affordable because of new manufacturing methods and costs associated with a completely new vehicle. Yet another sign he didn’t think this through when he unveiled it in 2019.
Tsunami of Tesla customer complaints re Autopilot/forward collision avoidance on NHTSA website. The more Model Ys $TSLA sells the more complaints customers have:
2021-2022 Model Ys so far racked up nearly 1000 complaints vs just 40 for Toyota Camry.
For a “smart” car, Tesla sure behaves like any ordinary vehicle from 30 years ago — software fails to recognize a crash does not bring vehicle to a safe stop. Guard rails prevented the Tesla from crossing over the median, plowing into oncoming traffic.
🚨 Tesla is charging me > $500 for “over miles” on my lease so I just did an odometer / trip meter comparison between the Model Y and the Lexus RZ450e — where the Tesla clicked over at 2 miles, the Lexus showed 1.5 miles so that’s a whopping 33% inflation for Tesla’s odometer 🤥
Is Tesla inflating odometer to show more range, ding lessors with over miles and duck repairs under warranty? As I return my leased Model Y I noticed the odometer is off by 20% vs my Lexus RZ. Turns out other Tesla owners have a similar concern. Is Musk gaming the Tesla odometer?
Tesla’s defective Autopilot slips to seventh place in Consumer Reports’ testing of driver assistance systems ratings, behind Ford, GM and Mercedes. NHTSA has several ongoing investigations into $TSLA accidents and deaths where Autopilot was involved.
Wow this Tesla
#odometergate
thing is much bigger than I realized. Every single one of these Tesla owners is confused why their Tesla records .6 mile as 1 mile — that’s a massive difference. But may also explain why the range feels inflated. Class action coming?
No Tesla for Ben Affleck. He got himself a Mercedes EQS electric. Record number of used Teslas on the market in California, some snapped up by Uber / Lyft drivers after Musk devalued the brand, made it toxic. In Q1, $TSLA market share plunged in CA, the biggest EV market in US.
Latest version of $TSLA FSD Beta continues to fail unpredictably — here trying to drive into a vehicle in the wrong lane while making a turn. Why doesn’t Musk share data on how many times human drivers have prevented FSD Beta from causing accidents?
lol Tesla is reportedly bringing the horrendous “new” wheel with buttons replacing turn signal stalk to the Model Y in China (Musk removed turn signal and gear selector stalks in “refreshed” Model 3, annoying many who feel this is a huge step back)
Meanwhile Chinese EV rivals 👇
What’s that, Lassie? Tesla Semi breaks down and is getting towed by a real truck? Its batteries run out of charge / failed in the cold? Wasn’t pulling a trailer as usual?
Flashback to 2019 when Musk promised “you could sleep while your Tesla drove” in a widely shared presentation that significantly boosted $TSLA stock. Musk’s frequent hyping of Tesla “self-driving” tech is reminiscent of convicted fraudsters, Elizabeth Holmes and Trevor Milton.
@mark_prati
Musk said in a formal presentation in 2019 that he was confident that by Q2 2020, FSD would be “feature complete” enough so you could “sleep” while a $TSLA vehicle drives itself, and that this tech would enable robotaxis. These are specific statements that constitute fraud.
More Musked!
Tesla owners shocked to discover the range plummets by 50% in the summer with AC on.
Musk was too cheap to install a proper roof sunshade so the glass “panoramic” roof makes the AC work overtime (many $TSLA owners experience failed ACs).
Could this horrific Tesla crash been averted had Musk not removed radar, bolstered tech stack with LiDAR,
@NHTSAgov
should ask.
Musk’s “Tesla Vision” (cameras-only) shtick has transformed Autopilot/ADAS into a septuagenarian driver with cataracts // trouble spotting obstacles.
Tesla on Autopilot slams into a car that had flashers on due to an earlier accident — so much for a smart car. I expect NHTSA to recall $TSLA Autopilot as early as Q1 2023.
Tesla fanboi almost loses finger and discovers that Musk cheaps out on sensors. Teslas are now the lowest tech EVs missing critical sensors and safety features most modern cars and EVs have.
Yet another Tesla goes up in flames, this time in Auckland, New Zealand.
The witness told the Herald the $TSLA driver was “very emotional, angry, upset” and shouted at police “I don’t know why my car is burnt”.
The reason I put “homeless” in quotes is because it is an inadequate phrase — many unhoused people are “homeless” due to drug/substance use (for many it begins with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder + adult alcohol abuse), improper self-care, lack of healthcare / community support.
Unlike Musk / $TSLA, Ford is offering refunds to those who bought a Mach E before the price cut: "We want our customers to know they made the right decision by choosing a Mustang Mach-E. We'll do the right thing for those joining the Ford family."
Owners who overpaid for a Tesla waking up to the fact they’ve been Musked. New cars lack ultrasonic sensors, impairing parking; as marked down used Teslas flood the market, expect more price cuts for new + used, while Musk’s tweets make brand more toxic. Death spiral for $TSLA.
Today was the first time I realized Tesla could be headed to bankruptcy— especially if the board takes no action to swiftly remove the erratic, morally bankrupt CEO. Advertisers fleeing Twitter, government contracts drying up at SpaceX, while top engineers flee will be catalysts.
Tesla fans are not gonna like this: Ford Mustang Mach-E beats Tesla Model Y in latest crash tests. Ford’s BlueCruise beat Tesla’s AutoPilot in tests—BlueCruise was top ranked by Consumer Reports, while $TSLA Autopilot slipped into seventh place…
Musk continues to defraud Tesla owners after charging them $6000 for features that don’t exist — I warned about this last December — 9 months later, no $TSLA Auto Park, Summon or Smart Summon since he removed parking sensors after peddling defective Tesla Vision as a replacement
@elonmusk
When will Summon, Smart Summon, and Autopark be available for Tesla Vision vehicles? I miss those features!
And on the order page it displays that you get them today, when in reality the software update to restore those features on Tesla Vision vehicles isn't out yet.
4 months ago, Musk tweeted a heavily edited video of the lame-named Cybertruck “crash test”. The video cuts out before the truck hits the wall. My sources tell me the real test went terribly, blowing out the windshield, which would cost $4000 to replace shattered the suspension…
Consumer Reports tested the cold weather range of EVs from Ford, Hyundai, Tesla and Volkswagen and found that $TSLA was the only one whose winter range was off by a staggering 140 miles vs its “official” EPA claimed range.
Ford: -82
Hyundai: -73
Tesla: -140 🤥
Volkswagen: -70
🚨 BYD robots greet customers with drinks at a showroom in Australia where the Chinese EV maker is outselling Tesla, despite desperate price cuts from Musk.
👇 Aussie takes trip to a BYD showroom and is stunned to discover how much better the experience is vs $TSLA.
Starting at $26,000, BYD Song L is going for Tesla Model Y’s jugular: BYD’s head designer Wolfgang Egger, has designed Alfa Romeos, Audis and Lamborghinis, so you can see influences of his previous masterpieces in this beauty.
Expect Musk to keep slashing $TSLA prices…
$TSLA down 6% AH…investors not too impressed with that 2 hour+ Investor Day presentation? Musk looked disinterested, rambled as usual, no new model reveals, while his team focused on cost-cutting moves which may explain why product quality and service experience has deteriorated
Wow huge lag in lame-named Cybertruck’s much hyped steer buy wire set up — with variable ratios, this makes it pretty dangerous to drive — why Throttle House reviewers dubbed it “scary”
Look for $TSLA fanbois to claim this can be fine tuned / fixed with an over the air update.
Used Tesla resale value loss over the last 72 hours is the biggest wealth loss for car owners in recent automotive history. Even when Saab and Saturn folded their cars did not plunge in value like this.
Starting at $26,000, BYD Song L is going for Tesla Model Y’s jugular: BYD’s head designer Wolfgang Egger, has designed Alfa Romeos, Audis and Lamborghinis, so you can see influences of his previous masterpieces in this beauty.
Expect Musk to keep slashing $TSLA prices…
Damning video exposes why resale values of Teslas are plunging, prompting perpetual cycle of price cuts on new Teslas: Abysmal winter range aside, Teslas are notoriously expensive to repair because of risk of battery pack damage even with minor collisions.
RIP Tesla Model Y in China. The IM LS7 is dropping soon. A new brand jointly owned by SAIC, Alibaba, and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech, this crossover has features far exceeding any $TSLA.
Left, Allen Texas Mall shooting
Right, London 🇬🇧. Notice the huge quality of life difference when you don’t have to worry about gun violence erupting randomly.
While Musk wastes every waking hour on X Twitter, Ford sealed a deal to deliver 9000+ E-Transit electric vans to USPS.
Vans built in Claycomo, Missouri by
@UAW
members.
Tesla has no electric vans. $TSLA is basically a one-car company — its fortunes hinge on the Model Y.
@Arriadna
@scottygirl2014
West Virginia looks like a war zone because the politicians there bombed the heck out of social safety nets and education, causing those who can to flee. Its population registered the largest percentage drop of any stage between 2010-2020.
Three years ago, Audi (a VW brand) rolled out a feature that tells you when a traffic light was going to turn green and at what speed you need to go in order to get all green lights.
$TSLA still does not have this feature.
Welp. Massive drop in Tesla’s Q1 market share in US — while Chevrolet, Ford etc grew their share. Ford wasn’t even taking orders for Mach-E in Q1 while it retooled its factory. Proving that Musk becoming a tool IS hurting Tesla sales. Globally 9 out 10 BEVs sold were not $TSLA.
Since Musk taunted Microsoft founder Bill Gates as a “boner killer”:
$MSFT stock UP: 51%
$TSLA stock DOWN: 59% 😂
Meanwhile Warren Buffet-backed BYD is crushing Bill Gates-shorted Tesla in China and other parts of Asia.
Since Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match, tweeted “Zuck is a cuck” and then chickened out of the fight:
$META stock UP 83%
$TSLA stock DOWN 51%
Tesla sources tell me the company is seeing a record number of talented folks fleeing over Musk’s toxic behavior.