Tesla Screen Freezes at 83 MPH on Freeway: Report

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5 points·rntn··5 comments

Ugh, I wish people writing these articles knew something about cars:

> Luckily, the brakes still worked, something surprising in a car where even the glove box is opened electronically.

This is entirely unsurprising. Do there even exist mass market cars where brakes are completely by wire?

Yeah, as disquieting as the reported screen failure was - and as upsetting as the Tesla response seems, that bit of snark about the brakes should not have made it past any decent editor..

"Brake power assist unit means a device installed in a hydraulic brake system that reduces the amount of muscular force that a driver must apply to actuate the system, and that, if inoperative, does not prevent the driver from braking the vehicle by a continued application of muscular force on the service brake control."

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.135

Well you can't open the rear doors with a dead battery, so there's a precedent for Tesla making safety-critical features dependent on a working electrical system.

It’s why I am happy to have a predominantly dumb car with almost no automation, and manual. Would be nice to have EV without all the “smarts”. Having a single screen as your UI to control basically everything in the car is scary as hell.

Pre-2018 Nissan Leaf, though the range isn’t great. I have a 2014 I bought for $8k several years ago, it’s a perfect second car for 95% of trips.

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