[238475235243]

Genuinely baffled why anyone buys anything but a Tesla.

It's cheaper, autopilot is pretty great, has a vastly better charging network, charges vastly quicker...

I guess it means you can write blog posts about bad experiences with an electric car...

[drewg123]

I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. I've read so many horror stories about bad experiences with non-Tesla fast charging.

One of the YouTubers I follow (Out of Spec Motoring) frequently takes road trips in non-Tesla EVs and vlogs about them. As a Tesla owner, I frequently watch his vlogs and feel a huge amount of schadenfreude. His trips are much more "interesting" than my own experiences road tripping using the Tesla network. He frequently encounters slow charge rates, failed chargers, and even entire stations being offline. In fact, he talks about how Electrify America shut down its entire network in the I95 corridor for upgrades, leaving non-Teslas stranded.

I've got about 36K on my Model X, about 50% of which came from road trips on the east coast. I've encountered 2 failed chargers, and had to wait to charge once.

[elif]

Agree. I've driven nissan leaf for the last 5 years and just added tesla y.

Non-tesla chargers in my city are blocked by careless ICE drivers about 20-25% of the time, and the rates some of them charge are more expensive than gasoline.

the Y on the other hand, its like impossible to run out of juice, and not even a problem i have to think about unless i really want to. For non-tesla drivers: it navigates you where to go for charging when you need it, optimizing your route for the fastest charging experience.

[clouddrover]

> Genuinely baffled why anyone buys anything but a Tesla.

Price, practicality, exterior styling, interior styling. All the usual reasons.

> has a vastly better charging network, charges vastly quicker

As a driver you should be demanding an open charging standard so all cars can charge at all chargers. Why meekly settle for less?

Here are three EVs charging faster than a Tesla Model 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gxcukAhIAU

Amusingly, Teslas charge faster on CCS chargers than on Tesla's proprietary chargers:

https://insideevs.com/news/507489/tesla-model3-charging-fast...

But the good news is Tesla will supposedly open their chargers to all EVs soon, mostly to get the benefit of government subsidies. Governments aren't going to fund chargers that only charge one brand:

https://insideevs.com/news/521623/tesla-superchargers-open-o...

They'll probably start in Europe first because Teslas already use the CCS Type 2 Combo inlet in Europe.

[238475235243]

Well so far the sales numbers don't follow your generous assessment...

[clouddrover]

The sales numbers exactly follow my generous assessment. Most of the BEV market worldwide is not Tesla and Tesla's market share is falling. In the last year it has gone from 28% to 23%.

This isn't surprising. It's a direct consequence of other automakers ramping up BEV production and selling more BEVs.