What about black, then go mudding, then only wash the bottom half

Agreed. When they say that Model Y sales went up 95% (aka doubled), yet the tone of the headline is that Tesla is a failure, is just the ridiculous anti-Tesla rhetoric this site has become known for.

I can’t speak for Lucid or Rivian, but Tesla exclusively sells vehicles online as direct-to-consumer. The “Tesla Store” is just a showroom where you can observe and test driver, but you don’t buy it there. Even if a human shows you around the car, you still don’t even buy it from them, you just use your phone, or…

Interesting idea about putting PPF second, not sure I’ve specifically seen that done.

Elon and Tesla are two separate entities though. Elon is a minority shareholder of Tesla, just like my mother, to a different extent. Especially these days, he’s focused on X and SpaceX, and seems to be barely even involved in Tesla

Tesla doesn’t have dealers, that’s my point. Every car you buy from Tesla, you buy from the Tesla website. There are some showrooms (where you can’t buy cars) that allow you to test driver them, there are service centers where you can get work done, and there are delivery centers where you pick up your online orders,…

My guess is that they either sub it out, or they hired professionals. It’s very obvious if you have someone do a wrap that doesn’t know what they’re doing

Obvious typo. Just one thing

What about it would make it not off road? It being an EV with a skateboard chassis, there is no differential, so you actually do get 11.6" of ground clearance. Throw on some big tires and you’ve got well over a foot. The Model Y comes stock with Off-Road Mode

And almost all PPF wraps are clear or just changes to matte. So even with most full-body PPF you still need the vinyl on top. Too expensive for any of the options which is why a lot like myself just get PPF on the front half. Much less likely to get a rock chip on the top of your trunk lid than your front bumper or…

Other caveats include the fact that the credit can only be applied to EVs sold from dealers that have registered with the IRS.

the average cost of wrapping a family sedan is about $3,000

Interesting, I wonder if it’s a design issue or a supplier issue. I’ve been a Tesla driver for over 5 years, and I’ve only ever encountered 2 issues:

Here’s a good source:

Agreed, but I think the problems would normally come down to bugs in the app connectivity payment systems rather than the charging part itself. Thus likely why Tesla Superchargers are notoriously more reliable when compared to the CCS type chargers.

I’m actually in this series myself, and all side window numbers are required to be orange. The only way to know the vehicle class is to look at the left corner of the front windshield, where you can see in the lead photo there’s an orange “O2".

I’m guessing that’s definitely possible. Or maybe rental cars. Or there are just a decent amount of people who have really long commutes and are used to burning through a car after just a few years and haven’t adjusted to the fact that EVs are still pretty low maintenance even at high mileage (or just wanted to ditch…

It does meet the “or at least the powertrain coverage”, which is 8 year 120,000 miles on Long Range trim and above per https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-warranty. Trimming down the search results to make sure they’re under 120,000 miles and AWD still returns quite a few results.

Congrats to her, she certainly had a lot of positive reinforcement growing up in this world with both of her parents in the sport.

Good old Jalopnik and its allergy to saying the word Tesla in positive light.