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Elon Musk telling Philippe Chain to deliver the Model S before all testing was properly made reveals a mindset that may hurt Tesla in the long run.
We have already told you about Tesla replacing repeater cameras in several hundred units of the Model S, Model X, and Model 3. CNBC broke the news thanks to internal service documents mentioning defective PCB (printed circuit boards), causing the cameras to malfunction. This new case reminds me of a lot of previous Tesla issues, which is bad news.
Tesla privately admits Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ Share this story Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been overstating the capabilities of the company’s advanced driver assist system, the company’s director of Autopilot software told the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The comments came from a memo released by legal transparency group PlainSite, which obtained the documents from a public records request. It was the latest revelation about the widening gap between what Musk says publicly about Autopilot and what A...
Prescott said in a statement to CNBC: "Luminar has pioneered safety-critical technology that will power our autonomous future. As someone who's dedicated my career to automotive safety and innovation, I'm looking forward to helping drive Luminar to the next level and fulfill the mission to make transportation safer for everyone." Bill Berry, currently Tesla's head of litigation, who joined in October 2020 and previously spent time working for Google, is expected to head the Tesla department but not assume the role of general counsel according to people familiar with the matter. Another change...
Tesla VP Who Said MCUs Were Wear Parts Leaves, Joins Luminar Apr 21, 2021 1m ago ++ The irony: it is a LIDAR startup. If you don't remember Prescott, he's the man who invited Elon Musk to stage at the Tesla Battery Day. To CNBC, he said Luminar “has pioneered safety-critical technology that will power our autonomous future.” In that sense, Prescott believes joining the company will help “make transportation safer for everyone,” something that would have been one of his career goals as someone dedicated to “automotive safety and innovatio...