The Tesla Model 3 dropped from first place to third, behind the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic, among all passenger cars sold.
Off topic but I’m always amazed how many of the posts in the Fediverse are about Elon Musk. People are obsessed with this cunt.
He has certainly figured out how to be everywhere. Those who find him unlikable love talking about him just like his fans.
It used to be fun to disabuse others of the Tony Stark facade. It’s not as rewarding these days, now that everyone knows he’d grab a monkey by the tit
I suspect there’s a disproportionately high number of users on the fediverse because of this decisions with X
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Well I mean he’s interesting as a case study, his decisions have real world implications and it seems like he’s on a path to a meltdown that many people would love to witness in real time
He’s a modern Howard Hughes, and there’s a reason we know that name
They’re not “getting revenge” for him leaving California, they’ve stopped buying cars of dubious quality from an immature, arrogant, and very literal white nationalist.
Yes, to me Tesla switched from the most desirable car to the least desirable one, exactly because he turned out to be a cunt.
Also in California I see more interest in other electric cars. There are tons of Teslas, but pretty much all new EVs (with temporary license plates) seem to be different brands.
My current ICE may be due for replacement after over a decade of use.
I want an EV with NACS that isn’t a Tesla. And so I wait. I don’t need anything complicated, but I don’t want to own a car with the “wrong” kind of port.
Edit: Or they could layoff the entire Super Charger team at a time the build out is most necessary and leave things super uncertain.
To car manufacturers: don’t trust Musk. I don’t have strong feelings about which connector “wins,” I just don’t want to be using the one no one else does. And that depresses the value of the car.
You will always have the “wrong” kind of port for the life of the car. If you have NACS you need J1772 adapter to charge at some places. If you have CCS you need NACS adapter to charge at Tesla Superchargers. As someone that has both Tesla and Rivian, it’s not a big deal to put an adapter in your trunk and use it when you need it and you need an adapter for both cars. It. Doesn’t. Matter.
It. Doesn’t. Matter.
Yet. Eventually a USB-C will emerge. Then only logitech (backward OEMs) won’t support it.
Yeah it’s not the status symbol it used to be.
Yeah, might as well put a KKK bumper sticker on the thing.
I guess “shopping local” actually still has meaning.
Non paywall: https://archive.is/yzWfH
Thanks!
Tesla makes unsafe, garbage vehicles.
If I were on Tesla’s board, I would be doing my best to get Elon the hell away from the brand.
Tesla’s ‘board’ is like his brother, his mom and Peter Thiel. World is governed by vain, fragile, egomaniacs
Paywalled, but if that was for q1 the model 3 was ramping up the highland model. The numbers from q1 are meaningless.
Edit: someone posted a non paywalled version and it is q1. So ya, it’s meaningless.
Edit: it’d actually be better to see how the Model Y did in Q1 as a litmus test.
Even if Tesla somehow managed to de-Elon themselves and address the quality issues, those cars look so dated compared to other EVs that are available and what’s coming soon.
They gave the model 3 a facelift but they really need a major bodystyle update across the whole line. Nothing in the entire line looks much different than the 2009 prototype model S.
They went from being futuristic to boring as fuck.
Edit: Except for the truck, of course. But that’s just something else entirely and I don’t feel like writing an essay.
Yeah I get the whole “no model year” thing to a degree. It’s exactly the sort of shit you’d think of as disruptive if you were him. But there’s a reason the auto industry does it. It’s convenient to put in minor changes once a year and major changes every five or so. It keeps the car modern, new, and easy to figure out what parts you need. You just know the model year of your car because it’s regularly convenient to know
they really need a major bodystyle update across the whole line.
Sometimes we judge a book by more than its cover.
It’s too late now… they had the chance to make a better choice before they bought something with this parasite’s stink all over it.
Before, it was pretty much just Tesla. Now the market has more choices. They’re not dumping Tesla, they just have options now.
