Newmark's Door

Cites evidence that a large part of the Elon-as-hero account is just made up.

Related: Wikipedia's compilation of "Criticism of Tesla, Inc.".

You might have to read TSLAQ  on Twitter to appreciate some of this, but it made me laugh.

It's not all car safety features, of course, but it is still impressive.

As Zuby notes, in model year 1989, IIHS calculated 138 deaths per million registered vehicle years, whereas 2019 saw just 35 deaths per million, roughly a quarter of the figure from 30 years before. 

I'm certainly not a billionaire nor am I a supposed mega-genius like Elon Musk, but this does seem like a big waste of money.

Seeing as how it has to be timed right, thanks, but no, it's not for me. But your mileage may vary.

A bit more detail: "Police searching for Florida driver who jumped drawbridge".

From the abstract of a paper in a recent issue of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management:

Federal income tax credits resulted in a 29 percent increase in EV sales, but 70 percent of the credits were obtained by households that would have bought an EV without the credits. 

It's just one video, but it sure looks bad. Road & Track:

It is perhaps the best comprehensive video at illustrating just how morally dubious, technologically limited, and potentially dangerous Autopilot's "Full Self Driving" beta program is.

Interesting: the top three are the Corolla, VW Golf, and Ford F-Series.

"It seems they think there is a Battery Fairy out there somewhere who will magically supply the ginormous battery capacity, and additional supply of electricity to charge them, in order to deliver us to our blessed fossil-fuel-free future."

Closely related: "Deep Secret of Electric Cars".

Elon says that gas-powered vehicles catch fire, too. Which is undoubtedly correct, but I'm not sure how common these explosions are.