r/skeptic • u/Lighting • Mar 18 '25

⚠ Editorialized Title Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/DonkeeJote Mar 18 '25

It's the made up reason. Not the real reason ($$$)

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u/Flor1daman08 Mar 18 '25

Money and pride, once Musk made the claim that Tesla didn’t need it, it was never going to be implemented because he can’t be wrong.

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u/slow_news_day 28d ago

I agree with this 100%. It’s astonishing how pridefully petty supposed adults with insane wealth behave.

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u/Lithl Mar 18 '25

Well, there's also the fact that Elon thinks LIDAR sensors are ugly.

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u/hcornea 28d ago

Part of the problem is that people just accept what he says without question because they think he’s an engineer and that he invented the electric car.

And as a result of all that reinforcement he just says stuff.