Re:Tesla recalls 53,000 cars over brake issue
by Lazare on Friday April 21, 2017 @02:05AM
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> Tesla has to repair 53.000 cars, this is in itself newsworthy
You're right, that would be very newsworthy! Of course, it's not true, which I think rather supports my point about the headline.
(If you read the article, the number of repairs needed is actually only ~1k, because only 2% of the 53k cars actually has a faulty gear that needs replacement. The recall is for 53k cars because they don't know which 2% has the issue, so the headline is technically true, but there's a big difference between "Tesla shipped 53k defective cars" and "Tesla shipped 1k defective cars". The former is much more newsworthy! But also false.)
You're right, that would be very newsworthy! Of course, it's not true, which I think rather supports my point about the headline.
(If you read the article, the number of repairs needed is actually only ~1k, because only 2% of the 53k cars actually has a faulty gear that needs replacement. The recall is for 53k cars because they don't know which 2% has the issue, so the headline is technically true, but there's a big difference between "Tesla shipped 53k defective cars" and "Tesla shipped 1k defective cars". The former is much more newsworthy! But also false.)