Does the manual actually state this? Seems like it just cautions you not to do that, which is likely due to water spotting that occurs when you wash a car in direct sunlight. Not really harmful, just leads to quick water spots and a shitty wash. Anyone would recommend not washing any car in direct sunlight, especially if it’s hot outside.
The “car wash mode” just does a few things that are important to an auto car wash: allows the vehicle to roll in neutral (so the tire pushers can work) without shifting to park, turns off auto wipers, disables the charge port from opening, and disables any of the assistants so they don’t potentially freak out from spraying water and moving components nearby. Seems like this is a simple CYA statement so if the car wash rips off the charging door or windshield wipers that Tesla isn’t liable. Seems quite reasonable to me.
> "A call with Tesla confirmed that the truck had needed a complete reboot which took over five hours of sitting to complete. From the moment he’d initiated the reboot method of holding down two steering wheel buttons, the truck was apparently working on a reboot until some time in the middle of the night."
Is it really possible to be rebooting for 4 hours, or likely that something kept failing; or a giant OTA update?
I don't see the CEO of Ford liking antisemitic tweets or conspiracy theories. Musk has dug his grave himself, he had plenty of goodwill before his recent dive .
What I hate is this whole Cybertruck debacle is just providing grist for the EV haters. Tesla hasn't just screwed themselves, they're screwing up an entire market segment. I'm getting to the point where I despise Tesla. They made EVs cool, and then their CEO has run them off the rails. Even more maddening, 14,000 people are now paying for Musk's gross incompetence. Musk is the one who should be fired.
You call it negativity I call it financial fundamentals. Tesla stock has been overvalued for quite some time and continues to be overvalued, even after the mass sell-off we've just witnessed. Obviously, we can quibble over what it means to be overvalued, but I'm a bit old-school and say a stock with a P/E ratio of 14 is at risk of being overvalued. Now, the thinking is if you're in a period of low interest rates or it's a high-growth stock then a P/E ratio above 14 may not be undesirable. But interest rates are increasing, and the sales figures clearly indicate Tesla is not a high-growth stock. I conclude their P/E is therefore too high and the stock is still overvalued.
Is Tesla going to go bankrupt? No - not in any foreseeable future. Will Tesla take over Toyota or Volkswagen in sales volume? Not likely, but there are several automakers who are doing quite well without those sales volumes.
Tesla is going to learn, if they want to continue to exist, to make products that people want. Steve Jobs could convince you that you needed something when it cost under $1,000. It's a lot more difficult to do the same when the price tag is $100,000.
And yet that just barely puts them in the top 10 of automakers in terms of number of cars sold - yet their market capitalization was greater than all the automakers in the top 10 combined. Those are the financial fundamentals I'm talking about when I say Tesla's stock is overvalued.
The "tech people" who wanted a Tesla have already bought a Tesla (or two). It remains to be seen as to whether Tesla will maintain their dominant lead over the other automakers in the EV segment as the market expands to mainstream buyers.
