CEO of Tesla and acting President-elect Musk is going on a neo-Nazi binge endorsing far right candidates instead of properly running the companies he’s involved in such as Tesla.
In addition Tesla is considered one of the most unreliable car brands according to: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-placed-bottom-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings/
Moreover Tesla has the highest fatal accident rates of all car brands according to: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
Also there are privacy implications with using a car that could in theory spy on you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/
Now that more competent and establish brands are making EVs there’s no reason to buy a Tesla if you want an EV. I’m not here to recommend another brand, I’m just here to tell you that your next EV should be anything other than a Tesla.
My folks have a tesla, and it’s ok (from a passenger perspective). Really put off by the console UX.
I’m considering the F150 lightning, and looking for any input on that idea?
As for why Ford instead of Rivian? I try to buy union for big ticket items like this.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Toyota built three factories in my broke-ass state. You can buy an American brand like Ford that’s built in China and assembled in Mexico or you can buy an American made Toyota.
Generally yes, but the F150 Lightning is assembled in Dearborn, Michigan (I believe with union jobs).
My personal order: locally assembled > union assembled > locally sourced materials.
The first because shipping a fully assembled product is costly environmentally, and if it’s assembled locally it also is feeding jobs locally (which the second most important thing to me is union supported). Finally, the more locally sourced the components (which are easier to ship but it still has an impact), the more it reinforces those first two things.
Very nice, and thank you for the education and insight into your economics.
Or American made Tesla
Yeah but then you’d have a Tesla.
Interesting I’m put off by non Tesla non-Rivian UX. Android Auto and carplay are not native to cars and just feel like they’ve been shoved in and not really fully capable of anything car related.
Probably a design philosophy thing. I prefer cars not be designed around computers. Feels a bit ‘black box’ to me. And if the console dies, I’m kinda SOL for anything routed through it. To be contrasted with the usual ‘welp, I guess I don’t have A/C for the summer’