Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man baby.
Besides not wanting to buy a product from Musk buying a Tesla simply isn’t an option.
On the newest Model 3 they removed the stalks, I don’t want to press a button on a steering wheel to use the blinker (Doing that in a roundabout sounds like a nightmare).
Besides that Musk seems to think he can do whatever he wants with OTA updates. I wouldn’t want to buy a car that might have some function changed or disabled the next time I’m using it.
Plenty of other manufacturers at this point to choose from.
- Did you try it? Some people seem to like it. I dunno, haven’t tried it
- That’s only on new model 3 since last fall. Other models don’t do that, nor do older ones
I already can’t hit the song selection forward/backward button consistently while the wheel is turned. Especially in a roundabout where I always indicate on exit. I don’t have to try it, steering wheel buttons for driving functions fucking suck.
seems to think he can do whatever he wants with OTA updates.
Maybe, and face lawsuits left and right. So far the effect of this has been overwhelmingly positive. This is the first car I’ve had where bug fixes might actually happen, where I have gotten new feature after I bought it, where (some) recalls just happen without any effort from me.
Competition was always going to happen it was just a question of when and to what degree. The established car makers weren’t going to sit around and watch Tesla take their market share. But the rise of Chinese car manufacturers hitting the EV market has been swift and brutal. These are huge companies that are generally unheard of in the West such as BYD.
Edit, the link is almost a year old so I suspect figures have changed a fair bit since.
Yeah, I don’t think most legacy manufacturers can really compete yet and the US ones are backtracking themselves out of the market segment. Chinese manufacturers are a much bigger threat - who would have expected BYD to out-Tesla Tesla and come on stage so big so fast. Here in the US , politicians are trying to set up protectionist barriers but I’m not confident they’ll succeed
The company’s profits, once the envy of the auto industry, are at their lowest in six years thanks to rampant price cutting and slowing demand.
Hm. That’s all you could think of, TheVerge? Nothing . . . nothing else that might torpedo the ol’ sales numbers there? No? Hm.
Can’t make Elmo mad. He might buy it and fire everyone.
Nah, he’ll just start only printing right wing nut job rhetoric.
I wonder if Bill Gates still has more Tesla shorts.
I just sold my 2021 Tesla Model Y and picked up a new Rivian R1T. I had already put my money down on the Model Y when Elon started becoming political and promoting hate. He is the only reason I sold my Tesla. I actually enjoyed driving it.
No wonder when their new car looks is ripped from some (very) low poly game. Cybertrucks are soooo ridiculous in every aspect.
Even if he sold Tesla and they are no longer associated, they won’t get a sale from me. In my mind, they and their products are tainted. I hate them with a fervor especially after all the bullshit they pulled against high speed rail. Fuck Tesla.
Doesn’t help that they have a strong reputation for shite quality. It’s really just numerous layers for most of us:
- Product/brand is tainted (as you say).
- Declining quality of their products.
- Reputation (warranted or not) of many Tesla drivers being clueless idiots behind the wheel.
- Still too many embarrassing Musk fans closely associated with Tesla (related to the first point).
- Prices still too high for many.
Not to mention,
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Anti-repair company that forces you to go into certified Tesla Repair servicers. Potential for obsoletion is high, and so is the potential that they could disable/downgrade older models remotely.
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They make most of their money by paying engineers incredibly low wages.
And
- Aggressively Anti Union
- Overuse of touch screen controls
- Poor repairability (nearly all EVs have lower maintenance costs than gas vehicles, but its not clear Teslas do)
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Yeah Tesla is definitely struggling. Hard times for Tesla Motors.
Guess it’s a good thing that multi billion dollar payout to Musk got cancelled
He’s trying again.
Having a complete fecking tosspiece at the helm might also have something to do with it…
Why would they want to cool demand? Anyways, they are doing a pretty good job at it, even if it’s a struggle. /s
I don’t want my car to be a political statement, thank you.
Elonmobile
Why can’t they just make normal good electric cars. Why did they make a weird steel thing that isn’t even road legal on half the planet?
Just make a normal car for god’s sake.
Didn’t Elon play an important role in its design?
I have no idea I don’t pay any attention to him anymore but it would explain a lot.
I think GM tried with the Chevy Bolt. It was the cheapest EV with good range, (265 miles/426km), with a base model available for under $30,000US. Despite the early battery issues that DID get fixed, No one bought it. Chevy does kind of say they would be willing to bring it back with their new Ultium battery. But I’m not holding my breath.
The biggest problem with EVs is the purchase price. They cost far too much to buy. And there is not much of a market for used ones.
They had trouble supllying for the demand and a few months later they are struggling because there is not enough demand.
Looks like an impressive downhill slope for the cybertruck!
The cybertruck looks like something a 5 yo mocked up with crayons.
It has (heavy) stainless exterior panels without a clear coat causing it to need frequent washing or risk rapid deterioration.
The entire Tesla production chain has issues with quality control. Full self driving is just a euphemism for lane assist, adaptive cruise control and a handful of other features and is illegal to operate in most states, (AFIK very few states have allowed it,)
Oh and their CEO is a rich frat boy and also probably the one with the crayons.
The cybertruck looks like something a 5 yo mocked up with crayons.
I need to dig up my first grade notebooks… I’m pretty sure I can claim to have designed the Cybertruck in 1983.
Oh and their CEO is a rich frat boy and also probably the one with the crayons.
I’m not so sure, I’m pretty sure that guy ate all his crayons before he could do any kind of drawing.
He might have had to wait to pass them first, but it should be workable…
