Tesla to owners: please don't pimp your rides
It's a smorgasbord of risks currently facing the company. In fact, I think it's probably the most creative litany of risk I've ever seen from Tesla - somebody in Palo Alto worked overtime to figure out all the things that could screw up Elon Musk's grand plans.
Take this one:
Tesla is being a tad control-freaky here, but it makes good points. Particularly the part about owners, you know, electrocuting themselves.
That said, car owners have been hacking their cars for decades, customizing them in all sort of mild and madcap ways. At one end, you have stuff like seat covers. At the other end low-riders.
Generally speaking, automakers have tolerated this. What can they do? It's your car.
Tesla, on the other hand, has actually gone to the trouble of defining the practice as a significant risk to its business.
So there you have it. If you want Tesla to stick around, do not pimp your Model S.