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Tesla 'Recall' Is Nothing of the Sort

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 12/19/2023 10:12:10 AM

If you have any doubt that the MSM and online influencers have it out for Elon Musk, all you need to do is search Google for the fake news about a Tesla “recall.” The news is everwhere. Tesla must “recall” almost every vehicle they ever sold, proving that the product is defective and that Elon Musk is a total fraud or something. It is, of course, total bunkum. That is not even remotely true. I have no special love of Teslas beyond noting that they look pretty cool–especially the top-of-the-line Model S. I like sedans and drive an 18-year-old Lexus LS430. There is just something about sedans I have always

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Californian 12/19/2023 10:15:18 AM (No. 1620429)
Short version: it's a software update delivered wirelessly to tweak a few things to keep the government happy. These sort of updates and tweaks go out all the time.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: seamusm 12/19/2023 10:49:56 AM (No. 1620449)
Any news organization which claimed this was a 'recall' should be subject to financial penalties for defamation. In the UK it is much easier for the defamed to win such cases. Here one must prove that the lie was knowingly told and with intent to harm. We let our media off much too easily.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: snakeoil 12/19/2023 11:09:12 AM (No. 1620464)
Doubt the people killed in the crash would have considered themselves to be the victims of an untweaked tweak. But it's certainly no secret that Quid Pro Joe and his armada of flying monkeys are out to get Elon Musk. I don't want or need an EV but Elon is a breath of fresh air. It's ironic that he named his EV Tesla. Nikola Tesla was an advocate of AC but Elon's EV runs off of DC.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 12/19/2023 11:51:01 AM (No. 1620485)
FTA “I admire that Musk built a new car company out of almost nothing and made it successful. That’s a tough task, and the argument that he did it on the backs of American taxpayers is a bit rich, given how big the subsidies the feds have tossed at other American carmakers.” Electric cars would not have been marketable without the government subsidies and the government’s decades long attack on internal combustion. The regulations against conventional vehicles is staggering. Musk would not have been able to market anything without the government tipping the scales.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: formerNYer 12/19/2023 12:09:54 PM (No. 1620495)
I like Misk but all government subsidies for electric must end.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: bamboozle 12/19/2023 1:02:44 PM (No. 1620521)
Who is John Galt?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JimBob 12/19/2023 1:53:10 PM (No. 1620535)
Thank you Mr. Strom for writing this article. I'm a car guy, but the false headline that I skimmed a couple of days ago were all that I knew about this, until I cam across this article that sets the record straight.
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