How can anyone take a company serios that sells features such as "Bio-Weapon Defense Mode". It almost sounds like snake oil and not far from something like the ADE 651.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/putting-tesla-hepa-filter-and-bio...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11617945
I think they are not testing with small enough particles. In the article, they test with PM 2.5 particles which would be around 2.5 micro meters. However, if you look at the table on page 11 of
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/409903O/respiratory-prote...
Potential bio weapons such as smallpox, anthrax, influenza and the hemorrhagic viruses are far smaller than 2.5 microns.
Also, there are probably issues with the sensitivity of the detection equipment. If you look at the table on page 8 of
https://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/journal/pdf/vol12_no1/12...
And at the table at
http://www.siumed.edu/medicine/id/current_issues/bioTable2.p...
You will see that some of the biological agents can cause infection with as few as 10 particles. I doubt that the Tesla equipment could detect a concentration of 10 particles of these sizes.
This article is basically the biological equivalent of the I can't break my own crypto article.
>Bioweapon Defense Mode is not a marketing statement, it is real.
is false. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the evidence of Bioweapons Defense Mode working is entirely lacking
HEPA filters capture particulates. PM2.5 means particles above 2.5 micrometers in diameters. Good 0.2 - 0.3 micrometer HEPA filter is fine enough to catch bacteria like anthrax. Smallpox, influenza virus are smaller. You need carbon absorber to be safe.
This is like thinking you will survive a storm in the middle of the ocean because you have a life jacket on you.
>"We’re trying to be a leader in apocalyptic defense scenarios," Musk continued.
Is this guy serious?
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/30/9421719/tesla-model-x-bio...