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I think you inevitably take some risk. Tesla is, and has been since founding, a risk taking company. They bet the house on whatever they're doing next, and that

I think you inevitably take some risk. Tesla is, and has been since founding, a risk taking company. They bet the house on whatever they're doing next, and that means they may not exist later. Also, electric cars are new, Tesla is new. So, the value of your 5 yr old tesla could (probably will) suffer more competition from newer models than an average ICE car, like the resale hit last year's model 3s just shouldered. ... Even if the companny is doing fine, servicing cars and the cars themselves age well... resale value is riskier than average. This is just the cost of being an early-ish adopter. You could lease, or buy used to limit risk, but these have implications too. The low risk, high resale value option is still (eg) an ICE toyota. You can't have everything. :)

moron4hire 8y ago
There is risk, and then there is risk. A car isn't an investment. I'm a VR and AR headset early adopter, but there it is clear that A) newer, better models will come out long before my current units die, and B) I'm investing in my knowledge of VR/AR software development. I wouldn't be where I am today, with the job I have today, if I hadn't bought an Oculus Rift DK2 when they first became generally available. I don't have any skin in the game for electric cars, so an electric car purchase is not going to have the same impact on my life, it's purely a consumptive object. So the math becomes "will this save me money or give me more enjoyment than a similar purchase from another company".
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
  >I don't have any skin in the game for electric cars Are you living on Mars already? Here on Earth, we've got something called global warming that is threatening the future of society and the biosphere in general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#Social_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#Soci...
  - moron4hire 8y ago
    My single purchase is not going to make an effect on global warming. But if I were to buy an electric car for the purpose of doing my part to stem global warming, I might want to put my money towards a company that has a chance at surviving the next decade.
  - fulafel 8y ago
    Making EVs does not help with global warming, until we have a firm hold on winding down fossil fuel use. In the foreseeable future, there's a high probability that EVs will just become additional natural resource use on top of pumping and burning all the oil we can. A better idea is to reduce private car use, and development of EVs just risks greenwashing it.
    - leesec 8y ago
      "Making EVs does not help with global warming" Hot take bud.
    - rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
      >Making EVs does not help with global warming Making EVs to replace ICEs helps with global warming a great deal. >A better idea is to reduce private car use, and development of EVs just risks greenwashing it. One does not prevent the other.
    - rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
      >Making EVs does not help with global warming Making EVs to replace ICEs helps with global warming a great deal. >A better idea is to reduce private car use One does not prevent the other.

moron4hire 8y ago

There is risk, and then there is risk. A car isn't an investment. I'm a VR and AR headset early adopter, but there it is clear that A) newer, better models will come out long before my current units die, and B) I'm investing in my knowledge of VR/AR software development. I wouldn't be where I am today, with the job I have today, if I hadn't bought an Oculus Rift DK2 when they first became generally available. I don't have any skin in the game for electric cars, so an electric car purchase is not going to have the same impact on my life, it's purely a consumptive object. So the math becomes "will this save me money or give me more enjoyment than a similar purchase from another company".

rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
>I don't have any skin in the game for electric cars Are you living on Mars already? Here on Earth, we've got something called global warming that is threatening the future of society and the biosphere in general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#Social_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming#Soci...
- moron4hire 8y ago
  My single purchase is not going to make an effect on global warming. But if I were to buy an electric car for the purpose of doing my part to stem global warming, I might want to put my money towards a company that has a chance at surviving the next decade.
- fulafel 8y ago
  Making EVs does not help with global warming, until we have a firm hold on winding down fossil fuel use. In the foreseeable future, there's a high probability that EVs will just become additional natural resource use on top of pumping and burning all the oil we can. A better idea is to reduce private car use, and development of EVs just risks greenwashing it.
  - leesec 8y ago
    "Making EVs does not help with global warming" Hot take bud.
  - rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
    >Making EVs does not help with global warming Making EVs to replace ICEs helps with global warming a great deal. >A better idea is to reduce private car use, and development of EVs just risks greenwashing it. One does not prevent the other.
  - rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago
    >Making EVs does not help with global warming Making EVs to replace ICEs helps with global warming a great deal. >A better idea is to reduce private car use One does not prevent the other.