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It is difficult to take anyone who is buying an EV to save the planet seriously. They are delusional.
I resent parasites who brag about their $10k tax credit. It is wrong for government to reward stupidity and incentivize manufacturers bringing crappy products to the market.
It is wrong to be funding an EV charging network on our interstate highways that benefits so few citizens.
There is so little that is right about EVs. Yet, I would buy one if it made sense. In the last year, EVs have made the possibility of that less likely In my lifetime.
The Tesla fans fail to appreciate that until the legacy automobile producers have earned their place in EVs, most Americans will not be traveling the EV highway.
Been kind of a GM guy ( at least with car's) most of my life.
Maybe if they "mainly" GM exec's had not spent years mocking and laughing about Tesla "playing" with edit: lap top batteries at virtually every turn and then spent millions on advertising EV's that were not ready,... instead of doing the actual work (like Tesla DID do) of designing, testing and making a profitable reliable and competitive EV cars.
I can't imagine Mary Barra sleeping on the production floor for weeks on end to get a production line up and working well, something Elon most certainly did do.
It does not help that GM borrowed even more Billions and Billions of dollars and then instead of investing in GM's future ( ANY Future, even ICE...) they instead did a big stock buy back and also payed out BORROWED money as "Profit" dividends.
That makes me angry, and I do have some GM and Tesla stock.
Short sighted. I want American companies to advance and grow.
I do not see this ending well, every year less market share, Slowly killing off division after division. Now forcing dealers out over not investing in EV servicing equpment and training then fire sale the properties that were corporate owned.
I still Have Hope that GM will figure out that the Pick up truck segment could benefit from the upsized Volt drivetrain.
Another departure from being an "EV freak", EV Pick ups that haul or pull trailers any significant distance are just Not logical, until another battery or power break through happens.
CARS yes, Pick ups that travel and tow heavy NO.
I don't think anyone has asked Elon this on camera, but it would not surprise me to have him admit we NEED efficient diesel and Gas trucks for many years. Someone needs to confront the EPA and this fantasy that electric Pickups are here and ready for all of the hauling that the US needs done daily.
Sure in a city it can be made to work. Not daily interstate hauling.
So what do you propose for the 20% of US renters that dont have a dedicated charging station at home beacuse they live in an apt? Those numbers being higher in cities
where we really need EV usage the most.
OH, So we DO Need EV's in cities
Sorry Could not resist.
Didn't say which "warning lights" or how small Tesla used. Only that the standard says must be 1/8" tall.
That when I have had Tesla warnings, a big pop up message appeared, one which could not be ignored.
Oh, and once again the media is going wild, "Tesla RECALL!" for a mere over the air firmware update.
Yeah, Barely Qualifies...that ought to take at Least a couple clicks in the code, thrown in the next feature update and all fixed.
