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by b7we5b7a 781 days ago
> People will buy nice electric cars that aren't riddled with quality issues.

Anecdata: my father bought a VW ID.4 1 year after I got my M3 (2019). The MY wasn't available yet. VW ID.4 has been at the garage 3-4 times/year for various (mostly software) issues. Same with my mother's Peugeot e-208. My M3 got the latest software update the next day after an imperfect firmware update made autopilot sometimes unavailable, all done with the technicians via the Tesla app.

You can choose between amazing efficiency and software, and perhaps a 1mm-off panel on 1 out 1000 vehicles, or perfect esthetics but horrible software.

Teslas are still not perfect, and a stronger QA would definitely make for a better image, I agree. Still, Tesla has made a lot of progress, you don't find as many people complaining about QC/panel issues anymore on reddit. But competitors still have a ton of catching up to do.
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klyrs 781 days ago
The eternal optimism of Tesla fans continues to astound me. The cybertruck has just been recalled because the soap they used to install accelerator pedals made them slip off, and you're telling me people are complaining less about panel issues?
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b7we5b7a 781 days ago
Other manufacturers have recalls too, for equally dangerous conditions, but only Tesla ever makes the news (I'm not defending Tesla, just proving a point). CT has been out for ~4 months, 4k units delivered, platform engineered from scratch, new low voltage system, steer by wire, ...... inevitably something will slip.

Compare a brand-new everything to minor updates to existing cars:

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-lexus-recall-2020-2022-f...

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-50000-corolla-rav...

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-rav4-suv-2023/

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-tundra-fire-risk/

And this is just Toyota, which as far as I can gather is considered reliable and trustworthy.

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klyrs 781 days ago
> only Tesla ever makes the news

This bald-faced lie is revealed by the very news you share further down your comment.

> (I'm not defending Tesla, just proving a point)

Your argument takes the form of a whataboutism, which does not actually prove anything.

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