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by yellowpug 3664 days ago
Big fan of Tesla and their achievement even thus far, but perplexed that they didn't take the high ground, and decided to call out the individual by name in a derogatory and spin-like manner whilst still hiding behind the anonymity of authorship attributed to "The Tesla Team".
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This is their standard M.O of late. Remember the misfeature where depending on the Summon Mode settings, accidentally double-tapping rather than single-tapping Park would cause the Model S to start driving forward a few seconds after leaving and how Tesla blamed the driver after this caused their car to crash into a truck, obfuscated how easy it was to activate, and made it sound like they'd deliberately activated it.
Every time there's a Tesla PR flare-up, it risks damaging the company disproportionately, both immediately (stock price) and long term (public perception). They respond swiftly and directly.