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Buyers Are Avoiding Teslas Because Elon Musk Has Become So Toxic (futurism.com)

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"Whether you hate me, like me or are indifferent, do you want the best car, or do you not want the best car?" [Apartheid Manchild] told audiences at an event in November.

Well, for starters I don't want a car at all. I'd rather use public transit. You know, an actually effective means of reducing emissions.

If I were in the market, yes, I would want the best car. Which is why I'd never buy a Tesla. I'd buy an XPeng or a BYD or the like.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is the reason I sold my Model S. I got an SUV and a convertible out of it. Now I have an EV SUV and a mini Cooper

[–] jballs 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you have the EV Mini? I looked into them a while ago but wasn't thrilled about the idea of buying their first attempt at an EV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's a Subaru Soltera. I only have 3 complaints about it. Other than this I absolutely love the car.

It does not remember charging limits. 80% is the ideal, it always charges to 100%
You have to manually turn on regenerative braking every time. There is no setting to keep it on
The qi charger in the console for phones is horrible. It doesn't work with a phone case and when it does work, it will change at a slower rate than the energy the phone uses.

[–] jballs 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So just the regular gas Mini Cooper?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those first two things sound like bugs, to me, and something that could be quite easily fixed by a software update, I would think.

As for the qi charger, in my experience these are very often crap/slow in cars. I don't know why that is.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'd buy an XPeng or a BYD

Why? They are only marginally better than a Tesla. And the software of the dashboard is designed for Chinese people who like UX and UI that look like the Aliexpress or Taobao website. Really unintuitive. Not to mention the post sales service is about as bad as the post sales service on your Huawei phone. I’d rather buy a KIA.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because price point.

I can get the top of the line BYD performance sedan for less than half the price of the Tesla and Kia dont do a 500hp sedan.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Tesla's are defective garbage.

[–] GhiLA 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I avoid Teslas because a Tesla will last maybe 5-6 years. A Civic will probably last longer than I even want to own it, to the point that it may be the car I die in if I don't sell it.

I don't think Tesla has to exactly meet those demands, but halfway would be nice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My 2000 CRV won't fucking die. It has 265k on it, and half the electronics don't work, but it starts every time, the AC & heat work great. It leaks oil like a sieve so about once every 2 months my 'reminder' light (oil) starts blinking in corners, so I pour some more in and the thing just keeps on. It'd be nice to get something newer, but I kinda promised myself that I'd drive this one into the ground, and don't really want to take on another car payment anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best electric car currently is the Volkswagen ID.7. I agree with Musk. Buy it.

/previously Tesla Model 3, now the ID.7

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just waiting for my Aptera.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Electric vehicles were made to save the auto industry not the environment. His shitty friends that own lithium mines are the highest benefactors.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

What portion of potential buyers? I am, for example, no longer considering a Tesla because of Musk, but I doubt very many others are truly consciously avoiding them for ideological reasons ( pertaining to Musk )

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The article appears to be from April.

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