I think this is maybe the only redeeming quality of the dealership. Dealerships get cars from the manufacturers, I am sure plenty of them come in with minor issues, but the dealership checks them all out and preps them for display on the lot, it makes sure they are look good as no one going to...
Supposedly Tesla is moving to a lithium ion 12v battery that is supposedly much more reliable as from what I read the 12v battery is the weakest link in a Tesla. Many say to replace your lead acid one with a lithium ion one at 3-5years, as the lead acid ones are not ideal for electric cars...
I do agree that is seems wrong to raise prices and take stuff away at the same time when making huge profits. I don't see an issue with making optional accessories optional as long as its updated in the order page and only for new orders.
Pricing is a completely different issue, however...
Its just basic market manipulation. The economy is bad so all stocks have downward pressure. Add the fact there are quite a few mega wealthy that don't like the idea of a free speech open source twitter. There is a reason the mega rich buy media networks like FOX, MSNBC, NYTimes, its to...
It unfortunate in your environment, certain things are more required then others. However that is not the case for everyone. If a manufacturer wants to not include a heated wheel and seats for cars sold in Mexico they should be able to.
They should not require everyone to purchase...
The real issue is what is required and what is not required and who gets to make that decision.
Historically when buying a ICE car, you may or may not get a spare tire, you may or may not get a tire jack. You likely won't get a gas/petrol can. You won't get water proof car mats, you won't...
Free speech has to be open to everyone, yes there are idiots out there that says bad things.
Look at history, has one person or another convinced others to do atrocious things.
2+2 can equal anything depending on context, if you consider 2 dimentions, heck 2 steps forward and 2 steps...
I did not like the Tesla Lease options either, I think the plan was for Tesla to turn all the lease returns into robo taxis which is why they did not allow a buyout. It allowed Tesla to build up a fleet of robo-taxis on the cheap, people pay the big initial depreciation and they got a bit fleet...
I like the Silverado EV look better than the Ford, not a fan of the pig nose Rivian. However GM/Ford have always planned for repairs, expensive repairs, they make more off of parts then they do off the actual vehicle sales, this worries me as I don't see them making much off the EV sales which...
This is extremely disingenuous.
There is no evidence to support your accusations and there is potential evidence against it.
The data that is available is a different battery 18650 (model s) vs 2170 (model 3) but both from the same company. The 2170s are newer and potentially more...
What is actually missing is the reality that there is 2 ways of get FSD and that creates ambiguity.
1) Owner buys FSD when they buy the car, this essentially is part of the car and stays with the car for any sale. The only entity that can remove it is Tesla, they need to own the car (purchase...
Best option I think is to just wait. You can get 50 or go with the 60amp but ultimately your betting on old technology. I guess it depends on the version you get of the Cybertruck but if you get the bigger batteries you are probably going to want faster charging and the Ford Intelligent home...
I wouldn't even consider it an option, Telsa's interiors are designed the way they are for a reason. Musk wouldn't even ship the Model S with a round wheel, if they are that particular I highly doubt they would let any other company design an interior that is so like anti-tesla. Tesla is a...
Yes I agree the legacy will sell them at a loss, which is why they don't like EVs. They sell there main ICE cars mostly at cost, they make most of their money selling overpriced parts for there ICE vehicles and EVs will kill there current business model. They won't make as much selling...
The big issue with legacy manufacturers is they don't profit from the dale
Disagree if this was the options I think Elon would just delay it some more to get the costs in check or produce a single top end version under $100k for the 1 year or so then as scale works in Tesla's favor start...
The price will be based on demand. The original target price was based on competing ICE trucks price, now with the inflation it likely will still be competing with similar trucks, so if ICE trucks went up 20% so will the new cybertrucks. Tesla has huge pricing power, initially it might be...
Problem is the selective nature of the recall. It applies to Tesla but no one else. The point of the pedestrian warning sound was electric vehicles were not loud enough to detect at low speeds. Tesla made it louder, they get recalled. Does this mean then gas vehicles which have the windows...
Honestly FSD != autonomous driving. FSD is driving with a driver, the car does 99% of the work but not everything.
For full autonomous driving you have to handle a ton of use cases not even considered under FSD, i.e. arriving somewhere without roads, like a fair/campground where you park in...