The left wing politics killed this place.

This is absolutely true. There’s no way that auto manufacturers can take Jalopnik, as a automotive website, seriously anymore. The hot takes, personal bias, and political rants of some of the few who have stayed have dragged this website down.  If I was Tesla, I’d tell Jalopnik to go pound sand too.  Heck, Nissan gave…

See also, Gizmodo.

As a long-time reader of Jalopnik, well over 10 years, and a loyal fan to a fault, it pains me to say this but the fact of the matter is...Jalopnik is no longer viewed as a media entity worth responding to by Tesla or any other major manufacturer. It surprises me that so many articles here point out that “I’ve reached…

“Daddy, the top came off...”

1st gear - Elon is a fucking asshole but the company he runs is ahead of the pack and kicking some ass. Maybe some other giant manufacturers can give them some competition and us, as consumers, some cheaper offerings before like 2025?

I’m no Tesla fanboy, but JESUS EFFING CHRIST, this “Autopilot isn’t really autopilot hur-dur” shit is exhausting, isn’t it?

You’re only partially right. Change “GOP” for “politicians” and you’ll be 100% correct, because they’re all out to screw us over for their own personal benefit and profit.

So now Rivian has to go through the hassle to sue Michigan, Michigan gets to spend taxpayer money defending a losing lawsuit, and Rivian will eventually get to sell cars there. What a fucking dipshit state.

No matter how you look at it, Tesla is still in the best place of any manufacturer.

You get what you pay for, I guess.

Correlation is not causation. The lack of specificity on the batteries was the reason for the stock value drop, not the promise of a relatively cheap Tesla model.

The model 3 has over 300 mile range now, before improvements. That’s 250 miles in the winter, or so.

Fortunately, unlike a gas pump, you’re not standing outside the car for 5 minutes swiping your credit card on a machine, pushing buttons, and holding a nozzle while you idle about. You just take the charger off the hook and right into the car, then get back in your warm car and crank up the heated seats. The car stays…

Actually - waiting 1/2 hour for a charge can be pretty interesting.  My kids see superchargers and ask if we can stop and charge, because they want to play the games.  We had a power outage a few weeks ago and they piled into the car to watch Netflix.   Strange times we live in.

i’ve owned my Tesla for 4 years and i’ve literally never stopped to charge it, except once or twice a year on long trips. complaining about charge times misses the point of what it’s like to own an EV.  you go from 2 or more stops a week at a gas station to zero.

Well you can't tow a boat with it either. If Tesla decides they don't need to sell cars to people who drive more than 150 miles a day in February I don't think it's going to hurt their sales much.

the new heat pump system in the MY should make that better and if you keep your car charing wherever its parked then getting the battery into the the efficient temp range isn’t an issue either. Let’s not still act like this is somehow a nascent technology that needs to prove its viability

Well presumably if the price goes down enough (and density goes up, which goes largely hand in hand), you can squeeze more batteries into the car so that you get 250 miles in the winter too (and more in the summer).

You don’t go into a Ford dealer buying the cheapest Mustang and leaving with the GT500 Shelby whithout knowing that’s not the car you ordered.