Because Teslas have dogshit reliability and all have OTA updates, whereas other brands don’t suffer from these issues.
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NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 month agoWhy, though?
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 month ago
Maybe it's not enough for them to buy a new car? I mean it's 6 years old; I'm pretty sure Tesla was the only player in the EV scene back then.
Asetru@feddit.org 1 month ago
I’m pretty sure Tesla was the only player in the EV scene back then.
Absolutely not.
I bought a BEV back then. It was a VW Golf. Still driving it. The leaf, eNiro and i3 were contenders for me.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 month ago
I bought a Model 3 SR+ in 2019 because it was pretty much the only decent option, also still driving it.
BYD and other Chinese brands were not available here yet and German manufacturers were asleep at the wheel.
The best coming out of Germany at that time were repurposed chassis from ICE cars, with all the flaws that brings. The Leaf lacked water cooling on the batteries.
The best alternative at that time was a classic Hyundai Ioniq but it had a 28 kWh battery where as the Model 3 SR+ had a 52 kWh battery for 10.000€ more.
Since you own an e-Golf, just to put some numbers on this. (e-Golf left, Model 3 SR+ right)
- Efficiency: 168 Wh/km vs 146 Wh/km
- Battery: 32 kWh vs 52 kWh
- Fast charging: 39 kW vs 105 kW (later patched to 170 kW peak)
- Acceleration: 9.6s vs 5.6s 0-100
- Weight: 1615 kg vs 1700 kg
- Price: 32.000€ vs 45.000€
- Charger network: Whatever ionity was doing vs Superchargers
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
not sure where that data comes from , but Nissan has sold over 700,000 leaves.
PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 1 month ago
That’s when I bought mine, and it was either get a Model 3 with ~270 miles of range or a Nissan Leaf or a tiny BMW iQ, both with like 80.
For the record, if the software updates stopped where they’re at today, I’d be fine with how the car functions until the end of its life. In fact, I kinda wish they’d just leave things alone at this point because I don’t want any extra features out of the thing.
MalReynolds@piefed.social 1 month ago
For the record, if the software updates stopped where they’re at today, I’d be fine with how the car functions until the end of its life. In fact, I kinda wish they’d just leave things alone at this point because I don’t want any extra features out of the thing.
And therein lies the rub, you don’t get to choose, the corpo does and you have to trust them (you do trust them, don’t you?). Pretty much like you’re renting, not owning. As the article points out this is similar to phone ’ownership’, hopefully in the fullness of time there will be a GrapheneOS equivalent for cars…
Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 month ago
There were other options that just weren’t well advertised/known. KIA Niro/Hyundai Kona, Chevy Bolt, and Jaguar I-Pace all existed in 2019 in addition to the 2 you mentioned.
Sxan@piefed.zip 1 month ago
My in-laws have one from about the same time, pre-X. As I understood, you could turn off software updates?
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I have a 2017 Leaf. It absolutely has its drawbacks compared to most modern cars, but it did exist 6 years ago.
Hoimo@ani.social 1 month ago
6 years is post-cave diver. He bought it after Elon went crazy.
skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
other brands don’t suffer from these issues
Yet
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Because that dumbfuck Nazi isn’t worth listening to.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 month ago
We don’t know why people buy teslas yet.