• gjoel@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    An AI tool was used to add an extra layer to the editing process for this story.

    For crying out loud, stop that!

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    Okay so for starters this article is clearly just a dig at Elon. If it wasn’t they would never have mentioned him but Elon makes headlines.

    Second, I don’t buy it. We’re getting one side of the story here. They’ve been selling these cars by the millions for years at this point. If the cars were failing “while driving in the rain”, it would be a much bigger deal.

    The " Elon Musk could buy everyone in the world a Tesla if he wanted to." line makes it clear that this is just more Elon/Tesla clickbait.

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    Elon Musk could buy everyone in the world a Tesla if he wanted to.

    Well, that would be $ 314 562 157 350 000. in other words, 3 times the global yearly GDP. But one can hardly expect a common sense from a tesla owner :D /s

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    John said he pressed representatives of Tesla on whether he or Rob were at fault for the damage, to which he claims he was told that it was a weather issue. He added: "They said that the battery is effectively submerged in water. How can that be our fault?

    The car got flooded, then? That’s an insurance problem not a repair problem.

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    Incredible. I clicked to read the article, but there was no article! A title and a sentence.

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      There is an article. It talks about how they were driving in the rain in Scotland and apparently the damage caused by the rain wasn’t covered under the warranty.

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    Due respect and support for Elon hatred, but this story is stupid. No one gets water ingress on a tesla battery from driving through puddles. The family didn’t want to pay for it, the horrible “newd” organization (I refuse to even name them) knows mentioning Elon makes better news, and this whole thing is an insurance issue and somehow Elon is mentioned.

    Quick, without looking, who is the CEO of Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet, or Ford?

    Even if you know, who cares? Exactly.

        • vxx@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Because it fits the narrative of the slightly radicalised userbase.

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          Usually because the Daily Mail and The Sun are worse, and because leaning towards the left/Labour let’s The Mirror off a bit in some people’s eyes.

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    I have zero sympathy for anyone that bought anything connected to Phony Stark. Zilch.

    You knew what you were buying into - you live with it.

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      I get everyone here loves to hate have hate boner for musk but any electric car will break down if submerged in water. If tesla’s were breaking from simply driving in the rain, you would have heard about it.

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        Hell son, any car will break down when submerged. ICE cars don’t like inhaling water either.