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Tesla cut a steering component from some cars to deal with chip shortage
- maxharris 5y agothe part is considered a redundant backup and was not needed for level 2 driver-assistance features
- rdtwo 5y agoUp next Tesla to cut extra wheel from cars due to shortages. Engineers debated about telling customers but ultimately decided that only 3 points of contract were required for stability
- sidibe 5y agoTesla as a whole makes you realize how much the regulators depend on companies fearing them. Along comes a company that dgaf and they are doing whatever they can get away with, so far no or very delayed consequences
- rdtwo 5y agoThis very much so, Tesla looks like it’s somehow immune to regulators. I do think mostly it’s that regulators move slow, kind of a like a fish net but eventually if you do bad things they will strangle you with red tape it just takes years.