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“when a crash disabled its electronic doors.”

Female AI voice: Please stay in your seats with your seat belts on until Elon has been notified of this incident.

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In the US there are nine investigations involving the Tesla Model Y, ranging from “unexpected brake activation” to “sudden unintended acceleration,” according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Nice

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Expect those investigations to quietly go away or turn up nothing in about two months from now.

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Who could see this coming, other than literally everybody

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Find a good lawyer and sue the living shit out of Tesla and “Leon.” I agree with the majority of the comments.

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what a metaphor for America

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with a bonus nonmetaphorical Musk tie-in.

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Well they don’t say where it was but I’m assuming it’s Canada since a Canada post employee saved one by smashing the window with a big pole so she could crawl out.

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It happened in downtown Toronto.

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<smashes window> Sorry!

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Regardless of where it happened, it’s still an apt metaphor for America

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