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A number of Tesla stories have popped up in recent days that apparently didn’t inspire writers too much, as no one picked them up to cover them. However, it seems we should cover them all, briefly at least. So, below are five Tesla stories you can quickly catch up on.First of all, we’ve got the “recall.” When we think of automobile recalls, we think of owners having to bring their cars into a service provider in order to change out a part or fix something.
“The automaker said it began investigating customer complaints of unprompted hood opening instances in certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China in March, and initiated a latch hardware recovery and in-service vehicle inspection.” Getting more specific, Stein wrote: “For example, the Model Y accelerated through an intersection as the car in front of us had only partly completed a right-turn. My quick intervention was absolutely required to avoid an otherwise certain accident,” he wrote. “Another intervention was required when a police officer used hand motions to signal to us to pull to the side of the road to allow a funeral procession to pass. A third intervention was less of a requirement and more of a convenience.
This person has an unusual cupboard of sorts coming down from the ceiling above the parking spaces in the garage where he … er, his car … was parking. The car just kept backing up, though, and the rear window was shattered.. It seems he accidentally clicked the Summon button in his pocket or something. “Just a day before the incident, I flipped the setting where you don’t have to hold the button down on my phone. So after I summoned it the first time and I walked away.
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