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>It's also worth noting without Tesla there would be almost no electric car market. The occasional Leaf is about as common as a Ferrari. Nissan has manufacture
by tmh88j 5y ago
>It's also worth noting without Tesla there would be almost no electric car market. The occasional Leaf is about as common as a Ferrari.
Nissan has manufactured over 500,000 Leafs[1] since 2010, Ferrari has produced about 220,0000 in their entire existence [2]
>Honestly, under-warranty misaligned panels and air conditioning complaints are not signs that the company is bad
That's a sign their manufacturing process and QA are terrible. What are you objectively measuring Tesla's reputation on if it's not their ability to manufacture cars? As a life long auto enthusiast I can't roll my eyes any harder at Tesla fanboys who excuse this kind of poor quality on such expensive cars.
1. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129561_nissan-has-made-more-than-500-000-leaf-electric-cars-in-10-years https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129561_nissan-has-made...
2. https://www.ferrarilakeforest.com/manufacturer-information/how-many-ferraris-have-been-made https://www.ferrarilakeforest.com/manufacturer-information/h...
- judge2020 5y ago500k in just over 10 years, meanwhile we're expected to see 40-50% of new cars sales be EV by 2030[0], which will be at least 8 million a year[1]. No doubt Tesla is the force that got the industry moving towards that growth. 0: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-set-target-50-evs-by-2030-industry-backs-goal-2021-08-05/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-... 1: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/us-auto-sales-down-in-2019-but-still-top-17-million.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/us-auto-sales-down-in-2019-b...