Them using a loophole to lie to their customers, only changing it to be more realistic when the loophole is closed doesn’t make it any better. They knew that when that loophole was closed, they had to stop lying as much, unless they wanted to be fined.

Ah, yes, let’s get airtravel down to the safety record of driving. That will work great. And it is a shit comparison anyway. Most people don’t drive thousands of miles in one go anyway. That’s what planes are for.

No, they’re not. Musk promised they would be cheaper, but due to add-ons and actual price hikes, NASA themselves have said they are not cheaper after all. They did give the cheapest offer, but then added cost overruns and whatnot.

I am not” resorting to ad hominums”. I am recognising when people like you will go to any length to defend Tesla, regardless of validity.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with Tesla lying to their customers as is well documented. You tesla stans are really tiresome.

That is a stupid fucking framing. Ever heard “quality control” and “quality assurance”?

And, yet, this simple change makes their cars seem like they have bigger range. It being “simpler” is nothing but a fucking excuse. They did it to make their cars seem to have larger range. It is not a coincidence that suddenly when going under 50% capacity, it suddenly began to show more correctly.

A non-refundable deposit counted against the price would do the same, but this is a fucking fee. Of $250. You need to drop $50k for the deposit, so what is the fucking fee for?

Indeed. And make sure the wear layer (English term?) is pretty slick too with no large stones/chips  poking out everywhere.

My prosthetic (foot, below-the-knee amputee) is black carbon fibre and cool titanium, I’ll have you know. And it is quite practical to not hop around on one leg constantly, lol.

Product aside, they’re preemptively nickel-and-diming their customers:

Oh, I can’t wait for people to do this on dry asphalt with super sticky tyre. “BOOM!” there goes the portals or axles.

You ate the hype hook, line, and sinker. You probably believe that SpaceX launches are cheaper than what went before too.

Stan-alert!

Yes, you are missing something. This isn’t EPA’s fault, other than not holding Tesla accountable for their fraudulent behaviour.

Rockets engines that don’t rely on fuel pumps. They exist. Instead, SpaceX first used hydraulic fuel pumps, and then switched to even less reliable electric fuel pumps.

Ah, yes, with that mindset, let’s go fly Aeroflot or some indonesian small regional airplane. I mean, on average, the aircraft industry is safe, so who cares about faulty parts and subpar assembly.

Not sure I’d call a manufacturer who makes the entire fuselage as a parts supplier. Subcontractor, perhaps.

Ah, I see! Yes, I’m crossing my fingers it will happen.

That’s exactly what happened when Ford had to change the fuel economy rating on the C-max. That was sort of a different scenario,