I can’t speak to the quality issues, but I understand that some of the accidents are caused by the software correcting unexpectedly, and the user overcorrecting. This is compounded by changes to the software and features.

The glaring engineering issue I have seen is issues with the batteries being discharged and users having no access to the vehicle even though the aux power has juice left (this could be backwards).

For the fires, the lithium batteries become incendiary devices once they are ruptured.

Unless we can do something about the batteries flaming and burning the contents to pure ash, they will gain a worsening reputation on their own.

I am never going to give up my boring 2008 Honda civic. I will just repair it until I die. Cars sucked when I was a kid and they suck now. The only things that changed

• The radio is a distracting touchscreen
• The keys are confusing
• They catch on fire from battery problems
• The extended warranty is getting more extended and non-optional
• You can’t just buy 3rd party parts or fix it yourself or bring it to the mechanic of your choice.

The future of cars is the apple model. Except generally speaking apple products work. It would be one thing if they were putting out cars that had triple the fuel efficiency.

Right, seems like a quality control issue. Either way, even if it wasn’t for their megadouche CEO, I would still probably avoid them because of it.

After looking at the “article” a little more closely, the “author” seems like a chump and it’s all just goofy interpretations of statistics. It’s trash.