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You take the population of vehicles in the field A and multiple it by the probable rate of failure B, then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-
by dilyevsky 3y ago
You take the population of vehicles in the field A and multiple it by the probable rate of failure B, then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-court settlement C.
A times B times C equals X.
If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.
- jtaft 3y agoAssume we lived in a communist society instead. How would you view the problem differently?
- code_duck 3y agoAct to prevent maiming and killing customers and the public even if it costs the company more money?
- dieselgate 3y agoIt's a quote from Fight Club
- tempestn 3y agoYou'd be less likely to recall, because there's no longer a risk of lawsuit.
- inamberclad 3y agoWhy would a communist society not have a risk of a lawsuit?
- dilyevsky 3y agoIn all the attempts that have been tried there was no separation of judiciary power (generally it’s a lot easier to murder and rob millions of their property when this is the case) so good luck suing the state that controls all courts
- jtaft 3y agoInteresting, In either system I don’t think I would take resources used for lawsuits into account and get the vehicles fixed (or replaced, until they are safe). We have the responsibility to care for each-other.
- tempestn 3y agoI agree; not saying what I'd do. Just answering the question of what would likely be different in a communist society, based on real world examples. The value given to human life seems demonstrably lower on average.
- inamberclad 3y agoI'd say that Tesla is unfairly putting the burden of defective vehicles on consumers and externalizing the cost of their failures.
- trevorhinesley 3y agoThe reality is, we likely wouldn’t have this particular problem because we wouldn’t have Tesla. Capitalistic incentives are what drive that kind of innovation. We would, however, have a whole slew of other problems, as evidenced by historical attempts at communism.
- jtaft 3y agoI think humans are curious beings.I don’t think it would stifle innovation. Quite the Contrary, more effort will be spent on useful innovation rather than profit seeking.
- defrost 3y agoIf only we lived in a world that had alternatives to US "capitalism" and Soviet "communism". But alas, these are the only possibilities. /s
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- iudqnolq 3y agoYou forgot the factor for PR cost
- simondotau 3y agoSo long as they can continue to sell as many as they can manufacture, the PR costs are $0. The bill might come due in a few years though, by lowering the peak of their growth potential.
- INGSOCIALITE 3y agotell me more mr durden
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- gustavus 3y agoNine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.