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>>Record sales, best and reliable charging network, and easy customer maintenance "Record sales" are in the past. Some markets Tesla is already declining. Oth
by toss1 4y ago
>>Record sales, best and reliable charging network, and easy customer maintenance
"Record sales" are in the past. Some markets Tesla is already declining. Other carmakers either have or are about to introduce very competing products. It is easy to lead sales with few competent competitors. Not so much when other teams take to the field, with their advantages.
"Best and reliable charging network" is still a solid advantage, but how durable as standardized charging stations come online rapidly?
"Easy customer maintenance" is questionable. It seems more like if you get lucky and get a good car it's low maintenance, but if you need maintenance, good luck getting anything resembling competent and timely repairs, even under warranty. The continuous drumbeat of horror stories every week may just be the press making noise of rare events, but it is still there, and certainly enough to give potential buyers cause to look elsewhere. (N=2, but we were seriously looking at Tesla for a next car, but won't be buying one until they show serious evidence of a solid service network; multiple other mfgrs are far ahead on the list, because they have decades-old service networks and know how to run them.)