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Massive amounts of anti-fossil fuel powered car legislation being passed, or being talked about, and Tesla being the clear market leader in the electric vehicle
by jtriangle 2y ago
Massive amounts of anti-fossil fuel powered car legislation being passed, or being talked about, and Tesla being the clear market leader in the electric vehicle space.
- treyd 2y agoIf you look at share price sure. But if only they could actually build their cars to meet demand and not have them constantly fall apart.
- fallingknife 2y agoI hear endlessly how bad Teslas are from anonymous internet people who don't own them and the exact opposite from everyone I know IRL who does.
- mattmaroon 2y agoMy girlfriend owns a model Y and I could write a long list of reasons why they are poorly built and a nightmare to get serviced.
- tayo42 2y agoTo be fair your anonymous and that comment is on the internet
- gigatree 2y agonot anyonymous, that’s Matt Maroon
- tayo42 2y agoI should have investigated the profile more. Maybe he's faking it? Hah
- mattmaroon 2y agoYou can see from the color of my name that I went through Y Combinator. If I’m faking, I was putting a lot of effort into it :)
- reaperman 2y agoWe can’t, only other YC alums.
- mattmaroon 2y agoHa, I have had my real name as my screen name here for 17 years. Can’t be any less anonymous on the internet than that.
- fakedang 2y agoI owned a Tesla and could write a Master's dissertation on it. Interestingly, me buying the Tesla car was my life's shittiest investment but the Tesla shares I bought around that time (mid 2019) were my best investment. I drove a Volvo after that, until landing in a very dangerous accident recently (the Volvo literally saved my life). Now I'm driving a rental Honda (which was my starter car on which I learnt to drive). Both beat Tesla by a mile.
- tasuki 2y ago> Both beat Tesla by a mile. Pray what's that mean?
- fakedang 2y agoIn my experience driving them. I like manual buttons and safety. Granted, the Tesla was the first car I bought and it was an amazing car in and of itself, but the ICE experience was far better. The software side sucks (I don't know why people keep praising Tesla for it).
- wkat4242 2y agoYeah Volvo is great at safety. And reliability too. I owned a 10 year old one that cost me a couple thousand, drove it for years without notable maintenance except the usual oil change and it kept going <3 So much better than my Skoda where half the dashboard fell apart and the gearbox suddenly just "crashed" If I ever own a car again it'll be a Volvo :) won't be an EV for sure because I always buy old cars, i just hate spending a lot on a car. It's not important in my life and the past 6 years I haven't even owned one and rented one only once. Ps totally anecdotal evidence obviously
- buzzerbetrayed 2y agoHey look, Hyperbole. Fun!
- SoftTalker 2y agoExcept now all the major automakers are making EVs and they are better at making (and servicing) cars than Tesla are.
- triceratops 2y agoI have no love for Tesla and I won't buy one as long as Elon Musk owns it. But alas I think most major automakers are massively dropping the ball on EVs. I'm particularly disappointed in Toyota and Honda - I really expected better from them. Where's the Corolla EV or the Civic EV? How about a nice little hatchback? Nope. Everyone's building crossovers, compact SUVs, fuckin' pickup trucks - it's a complete clownshow.
- SoftTalker 2y agoAmericans in the majority prefer pickup trucks, SUVs and crossovers. Ford entirely quit making sedans and hatchbacks a few years ago, at least for North America.
- triceratops 2y agoHow did Tesla become the most valuable carmarker in the world making mostly sedans?
- jandrewrogers 2y agoTesla primarily sells into coastal cities where the driving conditions and use cases are ideal for an EV sedan. That said, most of the people I know with a Tesla also have an ICE SUV or truck.
- stonogo 2y agoBy being valued as a tech company instead of as an automaker.
- rendang 2y agoThe Model Y is Tesla's best selling car and has been for a while