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People assume the absolute worst when they see the word "recall". There's a huge gulf between people that keep up with tech news and people that don't. Millio
by Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
People assume the absolute worst when they see the word "recall".
There's a huge gulf between people that keep up with tech news and people that don't. Millions of people are likely unaware that Tesla cars get software updates at all, let alone over the air.
So when they see an article with a headline of "Latest recall at Elon Musk’s Tesla affecting 2.2M vehicles", they assume Tesla owners all over the country are having to take their cars to a service center to get fixed. Many will probably assume the cars are fundamentally broken or unsafe until the car gets taken in.
- Veserv 3y agoThe cars are fundamentally unsafe until fixed. That is what a recall means: there is a safety defect requiring prompt removal of unfixed cars. The manufacturer can avoid refunds by fixing their defective product by creating a new, safe, fixed version and upgrading all owners for free. Whether that can be done remotely is independent of the presence of a safety defect demanding removal of all cars still containing that defect.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago> The cars are fundamentally unsafe until fixed. Oh please, get real. So some icons on the display are a little too small. I would not label that "fundamentally unsafe". I think of "fundamentally unsafe" and I think of something that has a high likelihood of causing a crash. Icons being just a smaller than they should be do not fit that description.