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Few companies have enjoyed more hype over the past few years than electric carmaker Tesla. And not without reason: Tesla is the most successful automaking startup in decades and has almost singlehandedly made electric cars cool. Yet the automaker has also been struggling with the quality of its vehicles.
You're so funny Captain. All auto manufacturers have problems. Tesla ranks way up in quality. Not having an engine, transmission etc results in less moving parts, and therefore less things to go wrong.
The owners of the company I work for both have one. The brother just bought the SUV and the Sister had the SType since last year.
They drive it like every other other day, and have to leave it plugged in. Now that Bro drives his, they both can't drive on the same day. Becauce for now they only have one charging Doohickey.
It's Nerdy for Nerdy sakes.
The owners of the company I work for both have one. The brother just bought the SUV and the Sister had the SType since last year.
They drive it like every other other day, and have to leave it plugged in. Now that Bro drives his, they both can't drive on the same day. Becauce for now they only have one charging Doohickey.
It's Nerdy for Nerdy sakes.
1. This is an anecdotal example.
2. The problem your bosses have is not related to quality.
If you test drive one, you will see what a magnificent car it is.
Oh you TEST drove one. I-I-S-eeeeee
Do you sell them or own Stock?
Oh you TEST drove one. I-I-S-eeeeee
Do you sell them or own Stock?
I'm bearish on the Tesla stock.
I did order the cheap Tesla.
OK fair enough.
That new SUV looks like a kid drew the car on a klenex and Elon Musk found it when he was digging through the daycare trash. Because that's what ecentric gaziillionares do.
Seriously though, if those $30K Tesla's are acually $30K and not really $60K by time you buy all of the premium upgrades that makes the Tesla Car look like a Tesla car. And if it doesn't bankrupt him trying to fill orders for blinged out luxury electric car going for as much as fully loaded Mazda 6. I would like to see him pull it off.
If you test drive one, you will see what a magnificent car it is.
For what it costs, it should.
Now that Bro drives his, they both can't drive on the same day. Becauce for now they only have one charging Doohickey.
Perhaps they should get another charger. They must be driving a lot. I would think that a car with that range could go a few days in between charges.
When there is a reliable and reasonable cost electric car with charge mileage radius of 200 to 250 miles, and quick charge, a lot more people will be buying them. The Nissan Leaf is a cool car, but it's real world mileage radius is about 80 or so.
You're so funny Captain. All auto manufacturers have problems. Tesla ranks way up in quality. Not having an engine, transmission etc results in less moving parts, and therefore less things to go wrong.
There are still moving parts. A lot of those electronic components are still mechanical, they are just not as large so it's harder to fix without a proper know how. Can't fix what you can't see. Those little *electronic* pieces that control electricity flow, they are all mechanical moving parts, and they do have a lifetime before they are worn out.
Not having an engine, transmission etc results in less moving parts, and therefore less things to go wrong.
This reminds me of a comment one of my college roommates said one day while we were all sitting around having a beer in the living room:
"you know, being a garbage man isn't a bad gig. You make decent money and you only work once a week"
We all looked at each other around the room and realized he was serious. I gently say to him, "ummm, they work YOUR neighborhood once a week..." The light bulb went off in his head and he was terribly embarrassed. I still remind him of that comment to this day.
The connection above is that you aren't getting rid of an engine and a transmission for nothing. You are substituting replacement systems that have much less than 100yrs of R&D and lifetime testing in an automotive application, like the combustion engine does.
You are substituting replacement systems that have much less than 100yrs of R&D and lifetime testing like the combustion engine does.
NASA can spend 100 yrs designing a great pen to work in space. It will never be as reliable as a pencil in space.
Electric motors have more R&D than gasoline engines and are generally more reliable.
If you notice from the charts above. Nissan leafs have between 6 and 20 issues per 100 cars. Tesla has 70-90. Gasoline cars had 90 to 270.
The only issue with electric cars is range. If dimbulb's story is true, his bosses probably don't want to drive their e cars every day. Chargers are cheap, and very cheap relative to a car. Any 120 volt circuit can trickle charge a car over night. The more expensive chargers and bigger circuits are for quicker charging. In any case, it's a straight forward matter to add a 2nd charger.
That's all peachy, but I first want to see 10yrs+ of high volume real world automotive application use before I plop down $60-110K for one.
Electric motors are one thing, batteries are another. Do you know what it costs to replace a Tesla battery or a Prius battery?
The two are mostly unrelated but it gives some glimpse... when I get a new iphone and I think what that battery's capacity is the day I buy it compared to what it is 1yr later, it doesn't inspire confidence for an expensive 100% electric car.
motive application use before I plop down $60-110K for one.
You probably shouldn't plop down $60-110K for one. I would think that the only people paying that much should be people with tons of disposable income. In any case, people don't spend > $60K on a car for practical reasons.
As far as a leaf goes, or the newer cheaper Tesla, they seem like reasonable cars for anyone that has a moderate sized commute (far enough to save money on gas, but short enough to assure battery range). There's plenty of experience with them at this point. Nissan has been doing leases for most of the cars to shift the burden of trust and risk from the consumer back to the manufacturer.
Perhaps they should get another charger. They must be driving a lot. I would think that a car with that range could go a few days in between charges.
The problem is in South Florida traffic you can spend 200 miles worth of travel time to drive 60 miles, when you live 30 milies in both directions.
The connection above is that you aren't getting rid of an engine and a transmission for nothing. You are substituting replacement systems that have much less than 100yrs of R&D and lifetime testing in an automotive application, like the combustion engine does.
We are using motors instead of engines. We have lots of experience with motors.
The problem is in South Florida traffic you can spend 200 miles worth of travel time to drive 60 miles, when you live 30 milies in both directions.
Well, I'll always remember where I was at the precise moment the English language, plus logic and reason, died.
Firing up the heater or air conditioner took things to a whole new level: in the cold, with their heaters on, cars lost 41% of their range and in the heat, with the air conditioning on, they lost 17%.
Now that Bro drives his, they both can't drive on the same day. Becauce for now they only have one charging Doohickey.
Perhaps they should get another charger. They must be driving a lot. I would think that a car with that range could go a few days in between charges.
There is no coming AI or Robot revolution. This is the Shitlibs trying to sell the younger generations early on Socialism.
I wouldn't bet against AI progress with the kind of self taught general intelligence coming out of DeepMind.
"Oh Shit it's raining, help me bring the signs inside!" "Oh crap the bathroom is overflowing, pick the humidity sensitive equipment off of the floor and call the plumber and get someone to shut off the water main.
Unless an analyst or someone instructed it to do so But that just makes one of them redundant, never fire the smart one.
Yet the automaker has also been struggling with the quality of its vehicles.
Chevy Volt is pretty good; if my present car seemed likely to die I would consider a Volt.
Despite what the Tesla haters think, I believe EV's are the future. EV cars are actually cheaper to build and maintain and have way better performance. They just need to keep improving the battery technology and prices.
Today, the whole EV thing is a type of fad surfing where ppl want to appear to be cool and happening and thus, buy an EV or a hybrid.
I got a Chevy Bolt because of the performance and cost savings not because I am a tree hugger
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