David CarrollLies And The Lying Liars That Tell Them: Tesla now has a #dieselgate deception scandal as it is revealed how the company rigged its dashboards to exaggerate electric range while systematically deflecting all the customers who noticed. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
Litzz11@profcarroll There was a class-action lawsuit against Nissan for overstating the range of the Nissan Leaf. Nissan lost. Is this a similar thing?
anniemo71WHAT!!!
"About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters." 😡
Marvin Sequera 👨🏼💻@profcarroll oh my god, to be honest, I did not see this one coming not even from him
Jake Miller@marvinsequera @profcarroll I didn’t have knowledge of this, but when I was looking at EVs, online discussions seemed to suggest that Teslas didn’t get the listed mileage. By contrast, my Ioniq 5, I get the listed mileage in winter, and I’m 15% better in warmer weather. I am not at all shocked that they’re pushing the limits of what they can claim to make a sale, but I hadn’t thought they’d intentionally make inaccurate real-time range estimates.
pgcd@profcarroll now I'm definitely getting a neuralink implant to go to mars with Elmo!
doublejay@profcarroll doesn’t matter now, does it ?
skelric@profcarroll
So EM enforces "good behaviour" on Twitter-as-was, while demonstrating anything but while running Tesla.
Very X!
Doug BostromConcerted gaslighting, artfully communicated physics denial.
It's also a little disturbing that folks are not taught the basic physics skillset to understand they're being gaslighted.
RockyC@profcarroll Elon Musk is a lying liar and I will never purchase a #Tesla as long as he is associated with the company. He has become toxic to any business he is associated with, and I don’t understand why Tesla keeps him on at all anymore.
Cbridge_Chief@profcarroll Well. Now I have a case study for any potential 3rd edition of the #DataEthics book wot I wrote with m’colleague @okeefekat.
David Fox 🌻🥸@profcarroll Exactly that. I immediately thought of VW’s #Dieselgate and have been referring this as #Teslagate. I’m sure I’m not the first, it’s such a clear comparison.