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[ZBB]

Originally Posted by ZBB

Got a call from a different Tesla person today — this time to schedule delivery. I took the earliest day, which is Mon 10th at 4pm.

So the IDA (Vegas guy) called on Wednesday. Seems my delivery delays were caused by him not scheduling delivery with me. Because no delivery was scheduled, the car sat someplace in the distribution network, and logistics never received the trigger to send it to the local delivery center. The woman that called on Tues said she was from logistics, and she put me on the delivery calendar.

Looks like I drew an IDA that didn’t know what he was doing. On one call with him, he mentioned this was his first delivery in OH...

[JST]

Yes, and no. Which is weirding me out. And I want to correct it if possible.

[wdc330i]

I'll just put this here:

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/09/06/...mw-car-lineup/

"Tesla Model 3 outsells entire BMW car lineup in August
Model 3 easily outpaced its German car competition"

[rumatt]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

"Tesla Model 3 outsells entire BMW car lineup in August
Model 3 easily outpaced its German car competition"

Wow. Can that be true?

[robg]

Originally Posted by rumatt

Wow. Can that be true?

Looks plausible given the numbers. It's not exactly apples to apples since the Tesla sales figure represents a lot of pent up demand. But if they're still selling at this level in a year, that will be very interesting.

[rumatt]

Ignoring the lawsuit aspect, this is interesting. They theory is that the Tesla was on auto pilot following a slow car. The slow car changed lanes and the Tesla accelerated into the back of a stopped fire truck. Oops.

Also interesting... Tesla has all the data about what happened - when your hands were on the wheel, when you brakes, etc.

https://apnews.com/3f1ac72f186d45cdbfac7dbb04907b11

[ZBB]

Originally Posted by rumatt

Ignoring the lawsuit aspect, this is interesting. They theory is that the Tesla was on auto pilot following a slow car. The slow car changed lanes and the Tesla accelerated into the back of a stopped fire truck. Oops.

Also interesting... Tesla has all the data about what happened - when your hands were on the wheel, when you brakes, etc.

https://apnews.com/3f1ac72f186d45cdbfac7dbb04907b11

That woman admitted to using her phone at the time of the accident...

[rumatt]

So is your current delivery actually on schedule? Or is thet messed up too?

And yeah the woman sounds like she wasn't paying attention. I'm more interested in the EAP failure modes. This one sounds pretty bad. I'm sure they'll use it to train the system though and it'll keep getting better.

[JST]

Originally Posted by rumatt

So is your current delivery actually on schedule? Or is thet messed up too?

And yeah the woman sounds like she wasn't paying attention. I'm more interested in the EAP failure modes. This one sounds pretty bad. I'm sure they'll use it to train the system though and it'll keep getting better.

I think it's surprising to most people that the car won't emergency brake in a situation like that. It makes sense, once it's explained, but it does require some explanation.

[robg]

Originally Posted by JST

I think it's surprising to most people that the car won't emergency brake in a situation like that. It makes sense, once it's explained, but it does require some explanation.

Right - and it’s the same with all cars that have adaptive cruise and AEB. Tesla really should drop the name “autopilot”