Yes, especially because Aurus was just founded in 2018.  The OLDEST models are like 3 years old.

The Model 3 and Model Y have very good scores in NHTSA and IIHS crash tests. If Tesla knew their “durable and rugged” Cybertruck would perform just as well, one assumes they would be tripping over themselves to provide examples to NHTSA and IIHS for testing.

I remember my E46 came with a full-size tire under the trunk floor, mounted to a matching light alloy wheel (style 68). You definitely don’t see that anymore!

AFAIK there is no BOF EV equivalent to the Tahoe.  Maybe the Rivian R1S is the closest alternative to a Tahoe.

Where was this argument during the SUV boom that started in the 1990s?

If you assume people shop within the same class of vehicle (i.e. - someone driving a Tahoe will probably not trade it in for a Leaf), then comparing EVs to ICEs is a good comparison.  

In my experience, factory tires are a compromise just like any other tire. I’ve replaced factory tires on Mazdas and BMWs that, for example, had terrible wet grip and noise with a different brand of tires that have good wet grip and are quieter but exhibit much worse steering response.

“The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

It’s a weird statement piece and embodies the good and bad results of the “move fast and break stuff” culture at Tesla. That philosophy is (mostly) fine if you’re making something like a $1,000 iPad, but not really OK if you’re making a $80,000 passenger vehicle.

A day after it was unveiled in 2021, Alexander Jerich vandalized the mural with his truck as part of a birthday rally for (yep, you guessed it!) Donald Trump.

Have you driven a Foid lately?

In one test scenario that involved vehicles backing into the path of an oncoming car, AAA found that the reverse AEB system only prevented one in 40 crashes....Despite that catastrophic success rate, vehicles still braked in 65 percent of the scenarios.

Seatbelt interlocks used to be a thing. People that refused to acknowledge the utility of a seatbelt would buckle them and sit on top. If they happened to fly through the windshield it simultaneously affected them and raised insurance rates for everyone else.

I think you’re over simplifying things...for now at least. Battery packs and motors are a long way from being standard across manufacturers.

My favorite weasel words are: “may help reduce the risk”

I think it’s a mixture of his hubris and a persistent industry fantasy to discover new, radically lower cost production processes.

As ridiculous as the rollout of this truck has been, I give Tesla credit for at least taking a stab at 2 major methods of cost cutting:

DURABLE AND RUGGED ENOUGH TO GO ANYWHERE.

To me, Premium is wannabe Luxury.

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