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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BettyWhiteInHD@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

We've known for years that the owner is a lying, creepy, out of touch dipshit and that it's a very flawed car and the company will cut costs to save money on safety items, every time.

Electric vehicles with drive assist are awesome and are the future, but there are alternatives, especially if you have money, which a lot of Tesla customers do. And they're not particularly well built; how many of these do you think will be on the road 20 years from now? And now we've seen how Elaine runs their companies, why the hell would anybody put their trust in their products?

If you've bought a Tesla in the last five or so years, you're a damn goober in my eyes. That's my hot take, prepared for being called poor and other sodium, tear filled comments from fools whose opinions don't matter. You are the hardcore, foaming at the mouth Segway fan from the 2000s, have at me lol.

Update: The teary eyed, sweaty fingered responses to this are predictably hilarious. I've been called a guy that eats 4 pizzas a week in another old thread because of this, a cunt, a tool, a douche, a couple people spent their energy to tell me they don't understand me spending my energy posting this, some people are telling me something about Tesla or Elaine living in my head rent free. All genuinely pathetic responses, so GG lol. Cheers.

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[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Fuck everything about that clown Musk, but no one can deny that Tesla makes a compelling case when you just look at only the cars and the network.

The funny thing is that one of the biggest advantages that Tesla has had - namely that charging network - will now be open to basically everyone since North America seems to be switching all to their adapter. So in one fell swoop, they have lost their biggest advantage.

And as more vehicles come on-line from other car makers, they will lose their other advantage, but they are still Top 3 in all the categories they compete in. To claim otherwise is ridiculous. And I say that as someone who would never consider a Tesla to a large degree because of Musk and their god awful build quality and anti-consumer and anti-worker tactics.

[-] Beez@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Losing their biggest advantage to sell cars, sure; but that network still costs money to use, right? Presumably all those other non-Teslas looking to use it will be paying to do so? I mean, talk about making it up in volume.

OTOH, I don't know about the economics of this; I'm happy to learn things that might invalidate my thoughts here.

[-] rDrDr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chargers are not like gas stations. Most people will do the vast majority of their charging at home. I only use a public charger when I am doing a road trip. And even then, I still have the option of using Electrify America or Chargepoint chargers. So yes, it would be amazing for me to access the supercharger network if it allows for a more efficient route than relying only on Electrify America, but realistically I would only be charging there once or twice a year, maybe $30 each time.

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