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“‘Tesla years ago began exaggerating its vehicles' potential driving distance—by rigging their range-estimating software,’ the article published today said. ‘The company decided about a decade ago, for marketing purposes, to write algorithms for its range meter that would show drivers “rosy” projections for the distance it could travel on a full battery, according to a person familiar with an early design of the software for its in-dash readouts.’”
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“Once the battery fell below 50 percent, ‘the algorithm would show drivers more realistic projections for their remaining driving range.’ The order to exaggerate car range allegedly came from … Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, this person said.
‘Elon wanted to show good range numbers when fully charged,’ the person said, adding: ‘When you buy a car off the lot seeing 350-mile, 400-mile range, it makes you feel good.’”
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“Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to improve the actual distance Tesla cars could drive between charges, according to an investigation by Reuters.”
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So Tesla—at the behest of Elon Musk—made their cars lie about driving range then lied about that too.
Is anyone surprised?
This isn’t one bad apple. This is what passes for “clever” in Silicon Valley.
And we trust our lives to the algorithms written by these assholes?
These muppets aren’t geniuses. They’re sociopaths and con men. Any they’re destroying human rights, democracy, and even our whole damn habitat.
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al
Interestingly enough - battery life on the Tesla truck is an issue
https://vid.puffyan.us/o3dCDNIRM34?t=1246