| >Tesla has more range per dollar than almost any others. They don't - they inflate their estimated mileage across the board. Lucid runs circles around them dollar for dollar. >Many have antiquated, unusable infotainment systems designed for legacy cars. They pretty much all have carplay and android auto which runs circles around Tesla's antiquated interface. It was revolutionary a decade ago, it now looks like a tired android skin. Have you tried youtube music? You can't even properly like or dislike a song, much less properly navigate playlists. >Some get marked up by $10,000 or more by dealers. This literally isn't a thing. I don't know of ANY EV that you can't get at cost if you spend even 30 seconds looking. The dealers marking up cars ridiculous amounts during COVID hasn't been a normal thing for quite some time. >None have the simplicity of charging. Huh? You can drive a Ford Mach-E up to a Tesla charger, attach your adapter, plug it in, and it starts charging. The very first time you ever charge a given car, you do need to start it from the app to tie a tesla account to the car itself, after that it's plug and charge. >Tesla is still selling most of the EVs on the road. Slowdowns attributed to Musk's shit behavior are never compared with their peers, who are having even worse slowdowns. Having driven nearly all of them, I understand why. Having driven nearly all of them, I think I'm questioning if you have. Literally every other car I have driven has a nicer interior, a better technology system, and basic functionality that actually works like: auto wipers, cruise control that doesn't phantom brake for no reason, things you just take for granted in any modern car that Tesla decided wasn't worth spending a couple dollars per car to have work reliably. Tesla is absolutely compared to peers, and no their peers aren't having "even worse slowdowns". https://electrek.co/2024/10/22/gm-outpaces-us-rivals-q3-fewe... |
I think the Hyundai is getting close and the Mercedes lineup is nice but a little $$$. Tesla still is a nice sweet spot.