I looked at Tesla in 2022, I had ordered a new BMW and with the parts shortages, it got stuck in quality check for 4.5 months and I was tired of waiting. I didn’t like the fit/finish, and not having CarPlay bugged me. But now after Elon bought Twitter and revealed his true self, there is no scenario in which I’d buy a Tesla.
He showed his true face with the rescue sub/“pedo guy” fiasco. Couple that with the constantly moving goalposts on things like the “under-$35k Model 3” and that godawful stainless steel doorstop, and I noped out of wanting a Tesla well before Twitter broke the man. I’d rather have a mildly used Polestar 2.
Why would I buy one right now? The tech is immature and overpriced. The benefit is moving emissions from my tailpipe to the coal and natural gas electricity facilities in my area. The extreme size of EVs for sale now means I’m not really cutting my carbon output compared to my compact ice.
According to the research paper I read a few months ago, based on the North American electric fuel mix, EVs produce about 50% of the carbon per mile compared to ICE pound for pound. The only ICE vehicles that weigh that like a rivian get 12mpg. All that money and your carbon output still looks like a midsize SUV…
Electric drivetrain is almost certainly the future but I feel zero compulsion to spend my money on these intermediate steps. Thanks everyone who is rich enough or dumb enough to support the development I guess. If you care about emissions, buy a bolt (or a Prius), the rest of the US EV fleet is capitalist dick measuring.
It is a real shame that in USA, a lot of cars, EVs included, are getting bigger. Meanwhile, in China and Europe, cars, and especially EVs, are quite small. I really wish for a return of the mid size car, and EVs could totally make those cars return.
Elon microdoses on Ketamine, drinks alcohol while mixing it with Ambien, and then in a stupor signs an ironclad contract to buy a social media company at grossly overvalued prices, losing hundreds of Billions of dollars in TSLA valuation as he proves himself to be the man we always knew he was.
You know. Like a genius does. None of this crying at night bullshit, it's about drugs.
Interesting that EV sales aren’t growing as fast as expected, I wonder if that might be because people can’t afford houses and apartments aren’t incentivized to install charging connections.