US Senate Committee Calls On Telsa To Explain Fatal Autopilot Crash

I wonder how soon Musk will sell is little swindle to someone.

Who has the money to buy it? Musk has the stock price pumped up and the shareholders would never approve a deal unless it was at a premium. Smart money is waiting for all these issues plus business performance to drive the stock price down and to then pick it up. That is a ways off still, and will be a slow painful process. My bet is mid 2018, when the Model 3 has failed to materialize on schedule and at the $35K price. No, I don't own any stock and I am not a short seller!

Tony Stark goes to Washington!

I am waiting with baited breath for narcissist number two (Trump is narcissist number one) to put on his Silicon Valley power suit, take the oath to tell “the whole truth, nothing but the truth..” and start talking about his master plan to revolutionize how we all drive. Can he make us eat broccoli too?

The more I watch this unfold, the more I think Elon Musk is really Tony Stark of Ironman fame.

From Wikipedia…Iron Man (Tony Stark) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books. An American billionaire playboy, business magnate, and ingenious engineer, Tony Stark suffers a severe chest injury during a kidnapping in which his captors attempt to force him to build a weapon of mass destruction. He instead creates a powered suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. Later, Stark augments his suit with weapons and other technological devices he designed through his company, Stark Industries. He uses the suit and successive versions to protect the world as Iron Man, while at first concealing his true identity. Initially, Iron Man was a vehicle for Stan Lee to explore Cold War themes, particularly the role of American technology and business in the fight against communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have transitioned from Cold War themes to contemporary concerns, such as corporate crime and terrorism.

I am going to clear my schedule to watch this!

Perhaps this is a secret plan by Congress to get Elon Musk on Fox News, CNBC, etc. to supplant all the Donald Trump coverage?

Let me set up my lawn chair, Darringer can bring the Martini shaker and we can watch this unfold.

@mre30: "Trump is narcissist number on" - you are hurting Matt's feeling. I thought you were pals ?

I re-post a compressed timeline of GM ignition issue to highlight the time it took from the first recorded fatal accident to the first investigation from NHTSA (over 2 years) and Congress hearing on April 1, 2014 (almost 9 years). For a complete timeline, check the link below.

Compare it to how fast regulators and Congress have now acted on Tesla's Autopilot "issue" [with emphasis], and see that your government is hard at work about your safety. Maybe time to give them a raise - wait, they don't need us, they can vote for raises themselves.


*** GM IGNITION SWITCH TIMELINE (Re-posted) ***
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/31/297158876/timeline-a-history-of-gms-ignition-switch-defect

2001: GM detects the defect during pre-production testing of the Saturn Ion.

2004: GM recognizes the defect again as the Chevrolet Cobalt replaces the Cavalier.

March 2005: GM rejects a proposal to fix the problem because it would be too costly and take too long.

July 29, 2005: Maryland resident Amber Marie Rose, 16, dies when her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt crashes into a tree after the ignition switch shuts down the car's electrical system and the air bags fail to deploy.

December 2005: GM issues a service bulletin announcing the problem, but does not issue a recall.

March 2007: Safety regulators inform GM of the issues involved in Amber Rose's death; neither GM nor the safety regulators open a formal investigation.

April 2007: An investigation links the fatal crash of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Wisconsin to the ignition defect, but regulators do not conduct an investigation.

September 2007: A NHTSA official emails the agency's Office of Defects Investigation recommending a probe looking into the failure of air bags to deploy in crashes involving Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions, prompted by 29 complaints, four fatal crashes and 14 field reports.

Nov. 17, 2007: The Office of Defects Investigation at NHTSA concludes that there is no correlation between the crashes and the failure of air bags to deploy, ending the proposed probe.

June 1, 2009: GM files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

February 2010: NHTSA again recommends a probe looking into problems with air bags in Cobalts; ODI again decides that there is no correlation and drops the matter.

Oct. 26, 2010: Consumer Reports says GM is considered "reliable" based on scores from road tests and performance on crash tests.

2012: GM identifies four crashes and four corresponding fatalities (all involving 2004 Saturn Ions) along with six other injuries from four other crashes attributable to the defect.

June 2013: A deposition by a Cobalt program engineer says the company made a "business decision not to fix this problem," raising questions of whether GM consciously decided to launch the Cobalt despite knowing of a defect.

End of 2013: GM determines that the faulty ignition switch is to blame for at least 31 crashes and 13 deaths.

Jan. 15, 2014: Mary Barra becomes CEO of GM and the fi