I have my mom Texting me that I shouldn't drive my Tesla because of this, and I should sell it and buy something else.
How many of those people will read the follow up paper from the NTSB?
This is literally the definition of smear. Shout something bad about a successful X, and by the time the actual truth comes out, the damage is already done and people have moved on.
This is a problem created entirely by Musk. He repeatedly makes claims about Tesla's technology that even their engineers say don't match reality [1]. No other car company gets the scrutiny Tesla does because no other CEO persists in making outlandish claims about the capabilities of their vehicles.
Tesla needs Musk to do two things: 1) Stop wildly over-promising Tesla's FSD capabilities, and 2) stop publicly posting rebuttals to any news about accidents involving Teslas. Combine this with recreating a PR team for Tesla who can work to push out real information about what the cars can do plus respond appropriately when asked to comment on any accidents, and the public and media will move on before you know it.
You seem to complain about it being more based on a PR angle rather that facts and truth, but the whole point of what parent is saying is that this is a game Musk himself is pushing.
When the truth is the PR angle, it should be pushed.
A lie shouldn't be made up to advance PR, but if someone is reporting an actual lie? Anyone speaking up their truth has my 1000% backing, even if I do not agree with that position.
I am not willing to join the post-truth era of American politics.
I have my mom Texting me that I shouldn't drive my Tesla because of this, and I should sell it and buy something else.
How many of those people will read the follow up paper from the NTSB?
This is literally the definition of smear. Shout something bad about a successful X, and by the time the actual truth comes out, the damage is already done and people have moved on.