IDK. I think the stock market has tesla right in theory. The value of Tesla is not in the now, Musk’s made that abundantly apparent, the value is the future. The value in Ford/GM/FCA is short term and their shit product offering for the future shows.
Whether you personally agree on the stock price is moot.
Not in low earth orbit (where debris is an issue), which is even nicer.
Factoring in all of his successful business ventures, how many one in a billion shots has he hit so far?
As opposed to how much CO2 is released in the production and burning of gasoline.
“It’s hard to find a coherent group more responsible for making automotive discourse more shitty than the Tesla Cult.”
Ad the implication that Teslas are unreliable are another misinformation as there are no reports of Tesla cars breaking down,
Right, Tesla had plenty of problems with their drive units early on, but the issues have since been solved (and there was no direct connect between the reliability and efficiency either, the issue had to do with the design of the unit, not that a more reliable unit would have necessarily been more inefficient).
Nearly a decade and still no real competitor to the Model S.. at any price given how expensive this car is in the top-trim...
And you get both here, painting Tesla as recklessly pushing the limits when their cars have better range and the established car manufactures playing it safe to put a reliable car out there implying that Teslas have suffered numerous recalls. While there were some drive unit problems with early Model Ses. There…
Yep, Tesla and everyone else have to go through these exact same EPA tests, so unless they are cheating the tests (and Porsche’s corporate family is the one with experience there), it should be pretty much and apples to apples comparison.
Why does it matter if “electric vehicle testing is complicated”. As long as the EPA applies it’s rules across the board for all electric car manufacturers, why give Porsche special treatment?
It is amazing how many articles there are on Jalopnik that exist just to bash Tesla, but with the porsche you go out of your way to defend it.
So after reading Audi/Porsche marketing materials, you decided to give them a pass.
Regarding that last point. Tesla actually cooperates with existing businesses already to position the superchargers at locations that already have a restaurant or at least a convenience store. In Texas, they seem to have a deal with the Love’s gas station chain to put the superchargers at the same locations (the one…
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Came here for Tesla haters, left disappointed in humanity
I am as far from a Tesla apologist as you will find. As a car enthusiast, I enjoy keeping up to date with the latest trends and subscribe to a few automobile publications. Through the years, I have come across a few articles written Edward Niedermeyer and have all had a very negative slant toward electric cars,…
Edward Niedermeyer Is the quack that has made a career about attacking Tesla Motors and anything Tesla. I remember his hit piece about Electrek connection with Tesla (see link below). I am surprised that Jalopnik would promote this quacks book.
Why are you surprised? Jalopnik has been bashing Tesla for the last 10+ years now. Do a search for the words Jalopnik, Tesla, and Vaporware and you’ll see what I mean.