It sounds like you're willing to speculate/entertain assumptions (e.g. regarding miles of "relatable" road usage) when it harms Tesla, but not when it might help them.
Must every critical argument I make be balanced with something positive in order to demonstrate I'm not 100% against Tesla?
Tesla definitely done great things. They're just not front and center in the news at the moment.
I think it's best to look at the data or issues being discussed rather than some hidden motive. When I discuss politics, I don't just say "I'm voting for Billy", I try to say, "I like Billy's position on X because Y". Same thing here.
It's not about balance, it's about you willing to make guesses regarding the bad things Tesla has done, and not make guesses about the potential good things.
This isn't a "let's give 50% time to the creationists" kind of thing, this is a "let's not stretch only one side of the truth" kind of thing.
You said the equivalent of, "I'm voting for X because of my speculation about Y but I refuse to speculate about Z as it does not fit my current argument."
> It's not about balance, it's about you willing to make guesses regarding the bad things Tesla has done, and not make guesses about the potential good things.
You're being pedantic. I can wager guesses about good things too. They're just not pertinent to the focus of this article. Constructive criticism, for me, is a positive thing.
> You said the equivalent of, "I'm voting for X because of my speculation about Y but I refuse to speculate about Z as it does not fit my current argument."
I gave some raw analysis of the statistics drawn, further here [1], and all you can do is complain that I am somehow voting against Tesla. I never said any such thing. I said we should demand more transparency from them about accident data. I made some further speculation about Tesla's likelihood to do this on their own because it supports the argument that we should be part of this conversation.
To expand on that, I think we should ask this of all companies that enable driver-assist. Currently, California requires monthly reports on accidents involving fully autonomous vehicles. I think it makes sense to do that for every car [2].
If you think Tesla and other companies will become more transparent and you don't feel the need to do anything, great, that's your prerogative.
