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by Shivetya 4450 days ago
No, they should be using courts of law and not the court of public opinion to solve the case.

Once they win the later then they can take it to the former. Honestly what they are doing is in bad taste. You certainly don't go an attack like this.

I like Tesla's cars, I certainly don't like paying people to buy them and I really don't like tactics like this. Face it, if Ford or GM tried this stunt people here would be crawling up their ass.
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ntakasaki 4450 days ago
Did you see the viral video that the lawyer made?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaelOgVXLe-1a3PUpob3upQ&...

Looks like Tesla is justified in trying to neutralize that slimy attempt at publicity.

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JaggedJax 4450 days ago
It's great when he is showing how the door handles take about 5 touches before they work. You can clearly see the rear lights flash as someone hits the unlock button right as it magically starts working.
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jabelk 4450 days ago
Jesus.

As someone on youtube noted, take a close look at around 0:50. You can see lights flash, which seems very likely to have been from someone unlocking the car. Right after, the door handles miraculously start working again. The whole thing reeks.

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oh_sigh 4450 days ago
Does anyone know how teslas behave when you touch their door handles? Do the rear lights ever flash?
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tadfisher 4450 days ago
I have a problem with this notion: they are being tried in the court of public opinion as we speak, the prosecution has made its case, the media has disseminated theirs, and you expect Tesla to take the high road and plead the fifth?
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delive 4450 days ago
I'm not sure I agree. This morning and yesterday, I saw several news articles about how Tesla was being sued for lemon laws. It seems reasonable to me for Tesla to defend it's position both to the public, and in the courts, which they are doing.

The comparison to Ford or GM doesn't really work as they wouldn't have such widely popular articles about being sued for lemon laws.

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danielweber 4450 days ago
"The remedy for bad speech is more speech."

I don't always agree with it -- sometimes lawsuits are necessary -- but Tesla is trying to resolve speech with speech.

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