Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by exhilaration on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:08AM
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Why pick on Tesla? because they're popular?
To answer your last question, because two weeks ago Tesla said the opposite: https://www.tesla.com/blog/creating-the-safest-car-factory-i...
Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by pj_mukh on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:13AM
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Did they claim otherwise about their 2015 numbers anywhere? The only thing they mention is about Q1 2017. The 2017 numbers seemed to have improved drastically, something the article recognises (but the HN headline does not :S).
Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by 6stringmerc on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:39AM
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Read the report and you'll find out Tesla frequently has to update its numbers after the fact. So, yes Q1 2017 might look good NOW but in 3 months after injuries manifest and other claims come in (IBNR), it could turn to total shit. Tesla wants you to forget they frequently have to raise their numbers after the fact.
So, if history is any indicator, Tesla should shut its trap until it has a full year, after revisions, that show it's genuinely superior. Oh, I made myself laugh.
Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by mcguire on Friday May 26, 2017 @03:55PM
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"Tesla did not dispute the numbers. “We may have had some challenges in the past as we were learning how to become a car company, but what matters is the future,” a company spokesman said. “With the changes we’ve made, we now have the lowest injury rate in the industry by far.”"
Here in the future, past trends are irrelevant.
Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by emodendroket on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:24AM
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> The records show a rate of safety incidents reported at the company’s Fremont, Calif., auto plant significantly higher than the auto industry average — as much as 31% higher in 2015.
Re:Safety incidents at Tesla plant were higher than industry...
by stupidhn on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:23AM
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>Who cares? The very definition of "industry average" means that someone in the industry will be above or below the average.
People seem to think it matters when they claim Tesla is "above average" in autonomous driving capability, or automated car manufacturing.
But yeah, "who cares" about people getting hurt in blue-collar industries, am I right?
Who cares? The very definition of "industry average" means that someone in the industry will be above or below the average. Why would I want to read about that? Why pick on Tesla? because they're popular?