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This assumes the system works 100% of the time. I'm more than okay with them physically taking the car from you, but imagine a nightmare scenario where your wi
by 999900000999 5y ago
This assumes the system works 100% of the time.
I'm more than okay with them physically taking the car from you, but imagine a nightmare scenario where your wife has a stroke and instead of being able to drive her to the hospital 5 miles away you watch her die since your Tesla XL couldn't verify payment status.
Mistakes happen, Stripe API down, no driving for you .
- josephcsible 5y agoBut can't mistakes happen with low-tech repossession too?
- 999900000999 5y agoOf course, but in this scenario you can clearly see the physical asset is gone. We have an entire legal framework around how to repossess a car, No one knows what's going to happen once you let Tesla remotely shut off your car since they think you might have missed a payment or something.
- dTal 5y agoI suppose, as with "self driving" technology, you have to balance the "nightmare scenarios" with the positive impact and consider the net result. I don't think it would be defensible to disable a car over missing payments, for the reason you describe, but disabling a car because the driver is clearly inebriated would save far more lives than it costs.