Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier
by icc97 on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:41PM
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Well I kind of came to hope that Tesla PR was less BS than other PR companies. But that memo basically shows they're no different from all other PR, just twisting the truth to avoid negative stories until the fuss dies down.
Their job is not to put out the best numbers possible, their job is to inform. Most likely they were more worried about the effect of their statement on their stock price than they were worried about public safety.
If they do put out numbers (such as 85K trips past that point) then it is clear that they have access to engineering data with a very high resolution, it would be very bad if they only used that access to search for numbers that bolster their image.