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Stories about: Costas Lakafossis

Tesla Calls Front Casting Crack a Discontinuity, Contradicts Own Repair Recommendations
Tesla Calls Front Casting Crack a Discontinuity, Contradicts Own Repair Recommendations

6 Sep 2023, 16:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Tesla's Cast Front Under Body Repair Guidelines, welding damage of more than 50 millimeters (1.97 inches) demands special analysis.

 
Accident Investigator Explains Autopilot's Issues With Emergency Vehicles
Accident Investigator Explains Autopilot's Issues With Emergency Vehicles

1 Sep 2023, 22:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you want a short answer to the problem, it is Tesla Vision and the company's insistence on relying solely on cameras to guide its vehicles.

 
Driver of Tesla Model Y Who Drove Off a Cliff Blames EV for Crash
Driver of Tesla Model Y Who Drove Off a Cliff Blames EV for Crash

22 May 2023, 18:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / His wife said he did that on purpose and that he said he would do so. However, she now does not want him to be charged with attempted murder.

 
Tesla 2023.12.9 Update Offers an Important Safety Feature, Basic Support for HW4 Cars
Tesla 2023.12.9 Update Offers an Important Safety Feature, Basic Support for HW4 Cars

18 May 2023, 10:19 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla rolled out the 2023.12.9 update bringing support for HW4 cars in China and an important change to the Stopping Mode aimed at boosting safety

 
New Alleged SUA Case Involving a Tesla Model Y Taxi Cab Stems From Norway
New Alleged SUA Case Involving a Tesla Model Y Taxi Cab Stems From Norway

15 May 2023, 19:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The taxi driver was taken to the Haukeland hospital and was going to have his blood tested, but he blamed the car for the wreck.

 
Tesla Dismisses Chinese Investigation on SUA Cases By Recalling 1,104,622 BEVs
Tesla Dismisses Chinese Investigation on SUA Cases By Recalling 1,104,622 BEVs

12 May 2023, 10:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It includes all vehicles sold in the country since January 12, 2019: they do not allow the driver to select an "energy regenerative braking strategy"

 
Engineer Who Asked NHTSA to Recall All Teslas Explains the Issue Everybody Missed
Engineer Who Asked NHTSA to Recall All Teslas Explains the Issue Everybody Missed

20 Apr 2023, 15:15 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Costas Lakafossis told autoevolution when the subject caught his attention and why he asked for BTSI to be implemented in Tesla vehicles.

 
Greek Accident Investigator Petitions NHTSA To Recall All Tesla Vehicles Sold After 2013
Greek Accident Investigator Petitions NHTSA To Recall All Tesla Vehicles Sold After 2013

17 Apr 2023, 06:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Greek accident investigator wants the NHTSA to recall all Tesla vehicles produced after 2013 because of a design fault that facilitates driver errors