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I have been doing an experiment for a while now where I rent different EVs for a day from Turo to see if there is one special one that will make me give up my f
by nebula8804 2y ago
I have been doing an experiment for a while now where I rent different EVs for a day from Turo to see if there is one special one that will make me give up my favorite car that I have had for years (06 Mazda 3)
Rented a Tesla for an entire day yesterday and I see the appeal. I only tried autopilot on the highway with straight or curvy lanes. Handled it perfectly and really helped cover like 70% of my road trip (the part with straight roads for miles)
Before this, I rented a Ford mach-e about a month ago with the latest Bluecruise and did the same test, was constantly "ping ponging" back and forth in the lane and essentially gave me no confidence whatsoever in its abilities.
I then tested a Bolt EUV after the Ford but before the Tesla. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a Bolt EUV with Supercruise but at this point it does not matter, the supercruise is on the Bolt EUV which is not comparable to the Tesla in other areas and all the other GM models which have it blow past my budget.
Autopilot is really a relaxing system when you have been driving for hours. It politely nags you for what seems like every 5 mins so its not like I can fall asleep (at least I wouldn't dare do that) but it really takes some cognitive load off.
Was also raining heavily for some of the day and Autopilot detected this and made it clear on the screen to be extra cautious. Seemed to handle it perfectly fine but I was overly cautious anyway.
My assessment at the end of the day is that given Tesla's excellent software compared to Ford and Chevy, their amazing charging experience compared to EVgo/Chargepoint, and the overall Autopilot system, their cars are in a league of their own compared to other EVs and its just a waste of time to even consider the others.
I am still not sold on EVs vs getting another Gas car but Tesla jumped to the top of my list for an EV. Like I mentioned I decided im likely to not even waste my time and money trying VW and Hyundai (they were next on my list to test). Not sure yet though.
Wish we could get at least the basic highway version on all cars. I think it would be a big positive for so many people. I never really believed until I finally tried it out for an entire day. People NEED to give it a day of actual testing before making an assessment.