Tesla - hype or cripes?

[Daniela1982]

Well advertised but overpriced if you ask me. Who would buy one, or any EV

Where is the trunk on this thing?

The mileage most EV cars get.

[DJB72]

Before you buy any electric vehicle perhaps Google "lithium mine" and see the insane environmental damage they caused and the amount of near slave-labour workers die every year compared to drilling rigs and coal mines.

Then look up how many electric cars can be supported by the grid in your country. Hint: it's around 10% maximum of the current private vehicle ownership.

Still think electric cars are a great idea?

Keep thinking that while you eat your insect burgers and thank Saint William of Gates for "saving" the planet from the terrible CO² "pollution" that increases just before every climate warming event researched - not afterwards.

And before you start to believe the current lies about rising sea levels and the rest of the bullshit take a visit to the Mediterranean coast and see the ocean baths built 2000 years ago by the Romans that after two millennia are still at the high tide mark, not ten feet underwater.

Read actual scientific papers about atmospheric CO², not political bullshit parroted by ex vice presidents.

[ChinaGrove]

True

[exitseven]

The beer makers are complaining about not enough CO2. We need beer.

[Massageman]

Science 101. Every time energy changes form, there is some amount of energy wasted in the change. Electricity suffers power loss when is it transmitted from one place to another via a "network". If you put electricity into a "motor" you get movement. If you put movement into a "motor", you get electricity (another name for this motor is a generator). The technology for motor/generators has been well-established. Electric motors are good at providing off-the-line torque to get moving, but you pay dearly for sustaining speed. Internal combustion engines are great at sustaining speeds, but you pay for off-the-line torque. The only rational combo of ICE/EV remains small, 12-volt, booster motor/generators to GET you moving, and a gas engine to KEEP you moving for the long haul. The 12 volt batteries will be alternately powering the electric motors, and recharging when cruising via the reversible motor/generators. Side note- We get 50 mpg on the highway in our 6-year-old Hyundai and could go 700 miles on one tank of gas (WE need to stop for a bite - the car does NOT). Side note 2- About that batty-wing, pix #1. There is SO LITTLE ground contact that I would shudder to think what would happen if the driver would have to make a sudden turn on a damp road. And, toss it out after the first hail storm!

[Massageman]

Thanks for the MHO.

[sage2021]

Which one is in the first picture?

The first thing I thought of that my son would trip out if I dropped him off at school driving one of those.
I probably wouldn't be able to keep from laughing himself to death 😅🤗

[Daniela1982]

Some kind of solar energy type car used to see how fa one can drive with nothing but sun power.

[electromagnetic]

Teslas really hit the market in Canada. Practically every 4th car on the road is a Tesla. Personally I’m a Polestar 4 kinda girl but not worth the investment long term.

[exitseven]

It goes zero to 60 in around 3 seconds. That is the best thing about it. Otherwise, it is expensive to buy and expensive to own. If you have to pay for electricity it is as expensive as gas to operate. It needs new batteries every 4 or 5 years and they cost 20K and they do not work so well in the cold. I will take a wait and see attitude before I give up my V8.

[ChinaGrove]

They will happen in about 30 years from now. The electric grid can't even begin to support it, not to mention no charging stations.

[Daniela1982]

@exitseven Big deal. My Dodge Challenger Hellcat I had would do the same, and not catch fire or cost a ton to replace batteries. 🤔

[DryGermanGuy]

With Tesla specifically it’s a lot of hype, mainly due to the self proclaimed marketing „genius“ Elon Musk. I don’t like their designs too much and the build quality is a joke for the price tag. This cybertruck is a silly monstrosity that won’t be sold in Europe.
Now, a nice Mercedes EV on the other hand… 🙂

[TonyV]

Tesla is crap. Overpriced, shit customer service, cost to repair from tesla themselves is Ludacris so you have to find creative ev shops to do the repairs so it's not multiple thousands of dollars.

[dustybiker2]

Looks like an interesting way to die. Faster and more scenic than a suicide pod.

[LiamJHayden]

EV's will be great once we get all the issues fixed, but we are not remotely prepared to do what so many politicians propose. We lack the infrastructure.

[ChinaGrove]

Joe cares about the environment. That's why he flies to Delaware twice per week to plop his ass on the beach.

[shortster]

Electric vehicles were a thing over 100 years ago. There is a reason they didn't last. Tesla is arguably the best at creating electric vehicles; but they are still electric.

[Likes2drive]

It’s not practical yet until the infrastructure is modernized and battery innovation becomes better

[TallAnon]

Definitely a luxury product, but they drive quite nicely, I like the concept.

[OddBeMe]

Still say hype, but even but even tho I’m anti whatever the Hell Elon is I’d say it needs further funding and research. It’s clearly the future.

[RetroReviews]

No thanks, I stick with a petrol fueled car

[andreasderjuengere]

Shitty design all over.

Try again.

[Wiredone]

I will never buy an electric vehicle

[Jennz6]

Not for me

[ChinaGrove]

In 11 years, 17 states are banning the sale of gas cars.

[exitseven]

@ChinaGrove I already have the money for a new truck. As soon as gas cars are banned I am buying one.

[ChinaGrove]

@exitseven

The only problem will be if the tards ban gas stations. Then you move to Wyoming.

[exitseven]

@ChinaGrove I am trying to figure out how to store large amounts of gasoline on my property.

[Daniela1982]

@exitseven Gasoline goes bad after a certain period of time, even if you put in something like Stabil. That's why it's so fake on The Walking Dead people still driving cars after many years.

[exitseven]

John Denver had a 3000 gallon gas tank underground in his yard. He wanted to make sure he would be able to drive around in his jeep. The real irony was that he died because he ran our of gas in his airplane. How pissed do you think he was whan he realized he had 3000 gallons buried in his backyard

[Daniela1982]

@exitseven I never heard the reason why his plane crashed before.

[exitseven]

@daniela1982 It ran out of gas. I saw a documentary on it. The gas gauge apparently was not working.

[ChinaGrove]

@exitseven
My uncle stored large amounts of gas for farming equipment, and it a truck delivered it.