Tesla lawsuit

[mikeyb]

It does explain in the article that the basis of the suit is that Tesla removed the speed limiter without asking the parent's permission. Presumably the car was registered in their names and not the son's.

Doing 55 in the 25 would have been ok then

[mikeyb]

In the Tesla's you can adjust the limiter yourself ?

Now do you honestly think that Tesla mechanics adjusted it or did the victim do it, I know where my money is

[struth]

It does explain in the article that the basis of the suit is that Tesla removed the speed limiter without asking the parent's permission. Presumably the car was registered in their names and not the son's.

at 18 the limiter should have been set at 50, especially as he had been done for speeding before i think. either way, it was the kid who drove it at that speed, not tesla.
as ive said before its the american way to pass the blame card and sue for sanything...cash is king

[mikeyb]

at 18 the limiter should have been set at 50, especially as he had been done for speeding before i think. either way, it was the kid who drove it at that speed, not tesla.
as ive said before its the american way to pass the blame card and sue for sanything...cash is king

You can change the speed limiter yourself in the touchscreen menu

Wouldn't be difficult for the lawyers to prove the asshole did it himself, just check his search history for YouTube videos about it or his Google search history

It's maybe even in the manual.

[Macca]

In the Tesla's you can adjust the limiter yourself ?

Now do you honestly think that Tesla mechanics adjusted it or did the victim do it, I know where my money is

According to the article Tesla introduced the set-it-yourself feature after this accident. The parents say they did not know that the son had got Tesla to deactivate the limiter or they would not have let him drive the car. If Tesla did deactivate on the instructions of someone who was not the legal owner then my guess is that they are going to have to pay up.

[mikeyb]

According to the article Tesla introduced the set-it-yourself feature after this accident. The parents say they did not know that the son had got Tesla to deactivate the limiter or they would not have let him drive the car. If Tesla did deactivate on the instructions of someone who was not the legal owner then my guess is that they are going to have to pay up.

Ok, that's one mechanic out of a job then lol

[walpurgis]

The responsibilty really lies with whoever gave the kid the car!

[mikeyb]

Mind you, you can't blame the parents for sueing.

After all who wouldn't prefer a few million dollars to a kid

[mikeyb]

According to the article Tesla introduced the set-it-yourself feature after this accident. The parents say they did not know that the son had got Tesla to deactivate the limiter or they would not have let him drive the car. If Tesla did deactivate on the instructions of someone who was not the legal owner then my guess is that they are going to have to pay up.

Also strange to think that they changed the settings after the accident.

Perhaps they hadn't been handed the lawsuit by then?

However, I'm pretty sure they'd have known about the accident a few minutes after it happened knowing the media, so I still find it strange that they added this user controlled setting?

[Macca]

The responsibilty really lies with whoever gave the kid the car!

Maybe. I would not be so stupid as to buy my 18 year old son a car that would do 120 MPH but if I thought to was limited to 85 that would be different.


(Actually if my 18 year old son wanted a car I'd tell him he'd better get a job and start saving but that's a whole different argument).