Tesla .. Offers in Israel and problems for "self-driving" cars on the streets of America
Offers an official to buy "model 3" staff Intel
The American electric car giant, Tesla, is trying to reach multiple markets, ranging from self-driving cars to foreign markets, as sources revealed that Intel employees in Israel had received official offers to buy a Model 3.
Sources said that Intel employees have received an official offer to buy a Tesla car, on the basis of an operating lease from Eldan - the largest car rental company in Israel - according to a report by Globes.
The contract provided by Eldan includes charging points for the electric vehicle, and various other services for a monthly fee for employees, similar to services for other hybrid cars in the same price range, such as Hyundai Sonata and Toyota RAV4.
Tesla in Israel
Since it began exporting to Israel a year ago, Tesla's office has been under intense pressure to supply its electric vehicles to rental companies.
Leasing companies provide fleets for employees of large Israeli companies, but Tesla firmly refused to provide cars to rental companies, saying this was due to a lack of available inventory.
In conversations with the rental companies, Tesla always offered unattractive terms, such as buying large numbers of cars without any discounts.
According to sources in the Israeli auto sector, a large part of the Tesla cars sold in Israel last year, were bought by Israelis independently in the technology sector, as an alternative to a leasing deal from companies.
The American company supplies cars to operate rental companies in the United States and other countries.
Technical problems
The company's CEO, Elon Musk, always talks about the impending arrival of self-driving vehicles, but on the other hand, some critics see the use of the word "completely self-driving" as a kind of misleading.
According to "News 24", some videos on the Internet posted by owners of Tesla cars, reveal erratic performance, especially in the system "FSD Beta", the latest update to the driver assistance system in Tesla.
The clips show the cars flipping awkwardly, dropping safety cones, and swaying unexpectedly.
Earlier this month, Tesla began recalling about 54,000 vehicles equipped with the FSD Beta system, to disable a feature that allowed cars to pass a stop sign without stopping in certain situations.
Carnegie Mellon professor and driver of self-driving vehicles, Phil Koopman, argues that "the recall was not due to a real error in the engineering of the cars, but a decision that Tesla says was intended to violate traffic laws."
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation last year after a series of collisions with Tesla's first response vehicles, which were equipped with the "autopilot" driver assistance system.
Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the Center for Automotive Safety, said Tesla does a lot of safety law violations, and a lot of marketing that inflates a consumer's view of what its cars can do.
Biden-led transformation
Under US regulations, new vehicles are not systematically approved by safety officials before they reach the market, instead automakers must simply certify that products comply with the rules.
During Donald Trump's presidency, the Road Traffic Safety Administration sidestepped measures that slowed the development of driverless technology, but after Biden took over, the administration began asking safety questions about driver assistance programs.
In June 2021, the agency asked Tesla and other automakers that make cars with driver assistance systems or automated driving, to report accidents.
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