Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

[KSilver2000]

I posted this comment to the CR article:

“Thanks for reviewing this new feature.

I read that a very large percentage of accidents occur in parking lots, and many of those include injuries and death. Much of that comes from inattentive drivers and excessive speed.

There have been something like 500k uses of smart summon in the first day. There have been no injuries or fatalities. Do you think this is relevant?

Is it possible that the feature is already saving injuries and fatalities? It seems so at first glance of the statistics.”

I think you just nailed it with that comment.

“Much of that comes from inattentive drivers and excessive speed.”

It’s not the feature of smart summon saving lives.

If everyone in parking lots drove as slow and passively as a Tesla during Smart Summon, there will definitely be A LOT less accidents.

Edit: The other thing to point out is many of that 500k use touted has been in empty or partially empty parking lots. The few videos showing accident or near accident have been in busy parking lots. So, it’s not an apples to apples comparison.

 

[VValleyEV]

(Smart Summon FUD)

I don't think it even works. I've never heard a single person talk about this stuff being dangerous, expect for obvious TSLAQ people and the crazy Tesla haters (that just live online).
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Editorial: Tesla's Smart Summon is a potential self-driving nightmare, and regulators are ignoring the risk

“... Tesla is playin fast and loose with public safety ...”

 

[M3Rider]

can they please cancel the say.com stuff during the call or limit it to max 2 questions

Better say.com than stupid stuff that "analysts" are asking. They have no vision for longer than the next 2 weeks.

 

[Compton]

What?? Please show your math.

Were you blocked or did you get so many negative ratings that you created a new account with almost the same name (previous was T3slaOwner)? You ain't a Tesla owner. You have >200 posts in total, seemingly all of them with a negative vibe. I noticed this because you got through my ignore list with your "new" name.

 

[204EV]

Well it took a while but dont you worry WP has us covered ........

Http://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...ems-electric-cars-tesla-says-charge-up-quick/

In case you dont want to give it clicks

Technology
California’s power outage means problems for electric cars. Tesla says charge up, quick.
Warning comes as utility planned to shut off power to more than half a million customers amid a wildfire threat.

 

[mtndrew1]

Perhaps you could try to explain what type of vehicle the spontaneous combustion BMW vehicle is. Is that the type, "spontaneous combustion"?

I literally have no idea what you are talking about.

As mysterious BMW fires continue, calls for investigation into possible causes grow

 

[The Accountant]

What?? Please show your math.

I don't believe he did any math - so I am not sure what you are requesting.
If you are referring to the 500k uses of smart summons in first few days - it was reported by Elon Musk in a tweet:

 

[M3Rider]

Were you blocked or did you get so many negative ratings that you created a new account with almost the same name (previous was T3slaOwner)? You ain't a Tesla owner. You have >200 posts in total, seemingly all of them with a negative vibe.

1 char difference with the name of a confirmed Putin's troll. Coincidence? Honestly, I'd pick a totally different name after the "reveal".

Maybe it's just the next one on the spreadsheet, so no option to conceal your identity, because someone else is responsible for creating accounts on the spreadsheet. Sometimes stupidity has no limits. Like in the Boshirov/Petrov saga where all FSB agents were getting identities per the same pattern/procedure.

 

[VValleyEV]

What?? Please show your math.

(Smart Summon Safety vs Parking Lot accident statistics)

Steve Jobs Ghost on Twitter

AND
Prevent Parking Lot Crashes - State Farm®

“About 20 percent of all vehicle accidents happen in parking lots ...”

AND
Parking lot accidents: statistics, causes, and liability | MyParkingSign.com Blog

“NHTSA estimates that 22 percent (more than one-fifth) of children between ages 5 and 9 killed in traffic crashes were pedestrians. Most of these accidents occurred because drivers failed to see kids while backing up their vehicles.”

 

[Curt Renz]

Well it took a while but dont you worry WP has us covered ........

Http://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...ems-electric-cars-tesla-says-charge-up-quick/

In case you dont want to give it clicks

Below is currently the only comment in response to that article.

Problems for Gas cars too since gas pumps run on electricity. This is not an EV only issue as the article would leave you to believe.

 

[Pezpunk]

Yeah, first pedestrian death by a Tesla being summoned and it will be outlawed in that jurisdiction, potentially many others.

i mean i guess this might happen in Smurf Village or something?? last i heard, Summon tops out at 5MPH and is reticent to traverse speed bumps. Good luck running someone over.

 

[wheelwhright]

Seems Ihor has overestimated the number of shorted shares this time. The number released today on Nasdaq for 30th Sep is just 36,058,919 shares shorted (Tesla, Inc. Common Stock (TSLA) Short Interest). While Ihor had predicted 39,17 mm (https://twitter.com/ihors3/status/1178671393677950977) on the same day. Surprising to see a big drop in short interest since mid September since volumebot had actually claimed a particularly high amount of short sales (or does it also count covering as a short activity?) TSLA | Volumebot

Can anybody make more sense of this?

 

[MarcusMaximus]

I think you just nailed it with that comment.

“Much of that comes from inattentive drivers and excessive speed.”

It’s not the feature of smart summon saving lives.

If everyone in parking lots drove as slow and passively as a Tesla during Smart Summon, there will definitely be A LOT less accidents.

... which would mean use of Smart Summon will save lives/reduce accident rates. The reason why it would reduce those doesn’t really matter in the discussion of whether it will

 

[Etna]

Well it took a while but dont you worry WP has us covered ........

Http://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...ems-electric-cars-tesla-says-charge-up-quick/

In case you dont want to give it clicks

I wonder how many gas stations in California had the foresight to install Tesla Powerwalls.

 

[Fact Checking]

Ladies and gentlemen, dear citizens of TMC, this is a public service notice: we have received reports of a new bird in town, of the "Trollus Toxicitus" species.

This is a rare sighting, and it strayed far away from its natural habitat, the desolate desert of Seekingus Alfus Dumbus.

Please do not feed and do not engage, pest control professionals have been notified.

Thank you for your cooperation!

 

[woodisgood]

My apologies. It was cute and I got suckered.

 

[jboy210]

...As if a tile layer needs a 3/4 ton pickup.

he said it was for going hunting. But can't imagine your need that unless you are hunting Elephants in the Sierra foothills.

 

[ggr]

Mod: The pickup news may be financially relevant, but all the postings about the design are not. Moved here: Tesla Pickup design (out of main). --ggr

 

[Prunesquallor]

Were you blocked or did you get so many negative ratings that you created a new account with almost the same name (previous was T3slaOwner)? You ain't a Tesla owner. You have >200 posts in total, seemingly all of them with a negative vibe. I noticed this because you got through my ignore list with your "new" name.

I WONDERED why I was getting his posts again. Thanks. Re-Ignored.

 

[Compton]

I WONDERED why I was getting his posts again. Thanks. Re-Ignored.

No need, he deleted his new account or got banned within 15 minutes of my post. The bad news is that we can probably expect him back with another account. I think he likes to highlight his "ownership" to give him false credibility so that could be a giveaway.