“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.
No real chads would buy a shitty Tesla car, because real chads has old cars
I wonder how much longer it will be until the board of directors of the various companies he’s involved in start a serious revolt and push to get him out of the company?
They used fake robots at their latest event. They were secretly controller by humans. Tesla is a scam company.
I’d buy an XPeng or a BYD or the like.
Well, good for you. Personally I’m not buying an internet connected Chinese car. If a car has the option of spying on you, and potentially be used in a hybrid attack, I’d prefer to get a car from a western manufacturer. And not Tesla either, Musk is too unstable and seems to be influenced by the same powers that has Trump’s ball in a vise.
My current car is an internet connected EV, but it sure isn’t Chinese or a Tesla.
Not only spying, these cars are just like all other Chinese products.
My Milwaukee tools were made in China and they are fantastic. Sure, some cheap chinese made stuff is crap but the higher end chinese products are every bit as good japanese or western made now.
It’s interesting that two of his proposed three options are “hate” or “like.” It seems like most people would have said “hate” or “love.”
Apparently he has sufficient self-reflection that he knows he’ll never be loved.
If I was going to buy an electric car, I’d get a Nissan Leaf if I didn’t have a lot of money, but if I did have a lot of money, maybe I’d buy an electric BMW. They look pretty nice.
I’ve ridden in a BMW EV. I’m … divided. It’s not terrible (by any means!) but it doesn’t seem to be quite what I’d look for at the price.
I was considering Starlink
Not anymore
In reality, the average person does care and doesn’t follow news about Elon.
Pretty much up until 2020 I was thinking about a Tesla for my first EV. In '22 the time came for a new car and I went with a different EV because Tesla’s quality control has plummeted due to Elon’s reckless leadership.
I never liked Teslas for their lack of things like physical volume knobs for the stereo. In my brutal dictatorship, being an executive, manager, engineer or shareholder at a company that manufactures vehicles that installs touch screens at stations for required crewmembers will be punishable by death by coal power plant. “You have to take your eyes off the road to change the radio station.” Report to your new job working for the power company. As fuel. Get on the conveyor belt, you’ll know when your shift starts.
My pillow car!
I’ll never buy one, and it’s 66% because of him. The other 34% is the fact Tesla’s are shit quality vehicles. Geico literally refuses to insure the cyber cuck. I didn’t misspell that.
The cybertruck is bad enough, there is no spread misinformation that you read on Reddit
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.
<gasp!> You mean they made a UX for their target market!? SAY IT AIN’T SO!
And the people I know with BYDs don’t have any problems with post sales support. Perhaps you just need stronger consumer protection laws in your country.
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.
I think they were joking with the Kia. They’ve implied that the Tesla is so bad, even a Kia is better.
I know it’s off topic but Kia make awesome electric cars. Kia/Hyundai are easily better than Tesla in most areas that really matter.
On build quality alone, I just wouldn’t buy anything manufactured in the US or China, full stop.
Say “I don’t know what I’m talking about” without using those words.
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 )
The company became popular because of the popularity of its founder, and will die alongside his reputation.
I’m no Tesla historian, but wasn’t it already on the way up before Musk got involved?
It tends to be how he makes all his money, tbh. Spot a company on the rise, buy it, profit.
Twitter is an exception. He’s bought that just for propaganda because he can’t bear the idea of people not paying attention to him.
Very much so, that’s why he got involved and bought his way onto the list of founders.
And then, as I recall, the actual founders very quickly sold their shares and left. Really unfortunate. Also surprising that he didn’t find a way to put X in there somewhere, like TeslaX.
First four Tesla models. S, 3, X, and Y
