It’s nice of you to assume that everyone is as rich as all these virtue signalling celebrities. Yes musk is a piece of shit, no I’m not buying another one until they torpedo his ass, yes autopilot is a scam. But I also happen to like the car, it suits our lifestyle the best, it has a five star safety rating and I’m not a Nazi just because I bought a certain kind of car a couple of years ago. Do what you want to the dealers, go after the corporate people, but leave the innocent consumers alone. None of us asked for this shit either.
Tesla also seems to be going down the toilet. Might be worth trying to gather technical data on them so that, once Tesla burns to the ground (figuratively), people can fix them.
They are going down the toilet, because they are distracted. Look, they were the most reliable EV, and they were at the forefront of the EV revolution. They built the most robust and reliable charging network (one of the key reasons we went with Tesla over Hyundai or other options), and flipped the automotive retail marketplace on their head.
But they also unfortunately have their hard work and progress overshadowed by a complete narcissistic manchild of a CEO. Who somehow controls the company with only 17% of shares held, who has a corrupt and compromised board on his side that will cater to his every little whims. A CEO who gets distracted, first with this Cybertruck nonsense, then X, then SpaceX, who then derails all innovation and future development with everyone focused on this autopilot distraction, and now all this. If I was a shareholder, I’d be furious. As a customer, I’m not sure I can rely on them anymore (could I ever?), so my future purchasing decisions will be made with that in mind.
I don’t know whether they were ever the most reliable EV, I would maybe say they were the most established EV. The supercharger network is huge, and it’s maybe the only positive contribution that Tesla can say they’ve had on the landscape. Narcissistic sigma male wannabe aside, the goal of Tesla used to be to make a car that people would like, and now it’s ???.
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
It’s nice of you to assume that everyone is as rich as all these virtue signalling celebrities. Yes musk is a piece of shit, no I’m not buying another one until they torpedo his ass, yes autopilot is a scam. But I also happen to like the car, it suits our lifestyle the best, it has a five star safety rating and I’m not a Nazi just because I bought a certain kind of car a couple of years ago. Do what you want to the dealers, go after the corporate people, but leave the innocent consumers alone. None of us asked for this shit either.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 4 weeks ago
Tesla also seems to be going down the toilet. Might be worth trying to gather technical data on them so that, once Tesla burns to the ground (figuratively), people can fix them.
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
They are going down the toilet, because they are distracted. Look, they were the most reliable EV, and they were at the forefront of the EV revolution. They built the most robust and reliable charging network (one of the key reasons we went with Tesla over Hyundai or other options), and flipped the automotive retail marketplace on their head.
But they also unfortunately have their hard work and progress overshadowed by a complete narcissistic manchild of a CEO. Who somehow controls the company with only 17% of shares held, who has a corrupt and compromised board on his side that will cater to his every little whims. A CEO who gets distracted, first with this Cybertruck nonsense, then X, then SpaceX, who then derails all innovation and future development with everyone focused on this autopilot distraction, and now all this. If I was a shareholder, I’d be furious. As a customer, I’m not sure I can rely on them anymore (could I ever?), so my future purchasing decisions will be made with that in mind.
What goes up, must come down I guess. Sigh.
sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 4 weeks ago
I don’t know whether they were ever the most reliable EV, I would maybe say they were the most established EV. The supercharger network is huge, and it’s maybe the only positive contribution that Tesla can say they’ve had on the landscape. Narcissistic sigma male wannabe aside, the goal of Tesla used to be to make a car that people would like, and now it’s ???.