sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFamily files wrongful death suit following Tesla crash in Texaswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s creepy that Tesla is immediately telling the world what this guy did in his car. It shows that they really are spying on all Tesla drivers all the time and they’ll publish that information at the drop of a hat to save face.
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agowhile I agree with you, this guy had his foot on the accelerator 100% of the way. in this case, if true, I’d have to side with tesla here
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoThe sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTesla claims the sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYes, that’s what I said. There are two implications: Sensors never fail which is known not to be true. Tesla doesn’t lie about accident data which is also known to not be true. https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/
It’s creepy that Tesla is immediately telling the world what this guy did in his car. It shows that they really are spying on all Tesla drivers all the time and they’ll publish that information at the drop of a hat to save face.
while I agree with you, this guy had his foot on the accelerator 100% of the way. in this case, if true, I’d have to side with tesla here
The sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
Tesla claims the sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
Yes, that’s what I said. There are two implications:
Sensors never fail which is known not to be true.
Tesla doesn’t lie about accident data which is also known to not be true.
https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/