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Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by lowry on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:27PM (#17836806)
Is it what people call fake news nowadays?

I once had a project with a major lobbying organisation with links throughout the automotive industry. The one that published regular reports on real vs declared emissions discrepancies long before the VW scandal.

They were unanimous when asked about the unintended acceleration bug. It was a case of mass hysteria.

Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by arcticfox on Friday August 24, 2018 @02:42PM (#17836925)
Is it possible that the timing on your contact with them made a difference? It seems that NASA/NHTSA concluded in 2011 that it was a mechanical defect, but research concluding in 2013 showed that it was totally possible to have been caused by the software.

At least according to the summary based on sources used for Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9311_Toyota_vehicle...

Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by lowry on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:59PM (#17837859)
Hey,

The page you refer to has a section "NHTSA and NASA Investigation Verdict" and it says nothing about the software bugs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9311_Toyota_vehicle...

Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by linseed on Friday August 24, 2018 @05:20PM (#17837951)