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Production Hell? How about Tesla as a business-to-business customer-from Hell.

The only reason that programme existed was to tap into subsidies available for such programmes. See for example this analysis.

That does not really matter if the patents are indeed worthless, as some insiders claim. (source)

So, what does Tesla's Kool-Aid taste like? The NHTSA's investigation is ongoing and none of the complaints where found fraudulent. Tesla's response, as usual, was highly misleading and contained outright lies. Read the real story here.

Tesla was lying about the dirt road. The guy lives in the middle of a town. (source)

Which is mostly a PR move, since their patents are essentially worthless.

Which is mostly a PR move, since their patents are essentially worthless.

Other manufacturers have done far worse things, both regarding emissions and other aspects (e.g. safety, fuel economy). It is ridiculous how much flak VW gets for something that the majority of the industry seem to be doing while VW is the only manufacturer that actually acknowledging what they have done and that is actually recalling the cars to reduce emissions. Never mind GM knowingly selling cars with faulty ignition switches that have caused over a hundred deaths to save a few cents and then lying about it. Or GM receiving a mere token fine when they were caught with a defeat devices in 500.000 Cadillacs. Or GM denying emissions cheating even when it is pretty clear.

Other manufacturers have done far worse things, both regarding emissions and other aspects (e.g. safety, fuel economy). It is ridiculous how much flak VW gets for something that the majority of the industry seem to be doing while VW is the only manufacturer that actually acknowledging what they have done and that is actually recalling the cars to reduce emissions. Never mind GM knowingly selling cars with faulty ignition switches that have caused over a hundred deaths to save a few cents and then lying about it. Or GM receiving a mere token fine when they were caught with a defeat devices in 500.000 Cadillacs. Or GM denying emissions cheating even when it is pretty clear.

Apparently, their patents are not all that interesting to the car industry. Like the majority of what Musk does, it's mostly a PR move.