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I get the environment angle. In the current timeline though, personally I would be considering all the other EVs that are also good for the environment but don'
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
I get the environment angle. In the current timeline though, personally I would be considering all the other EVs that are also good for the environment but don't have the albatross hanging around their ... rearview mirror.
Agree it's a cruel thing to do though. I prefer the "I humped Your Hummer" type site from a decade or so ago. More humorous. Definitely mostly harmless.
- selykg 2y agoDo Teslas even have functional rear view mirrors? I thought they did everything with cameras on the dash and only had as much shitty rear view mirror as necessary to not violate the law necessitating there be a rear view mirror.
- goosejuice 2y agoIt's just like any other rear view mirror with auto dimming.
- outer_web 2y agoI didn't notice the 3's being particularly bad, the truck one is tiny, useless and presumably only there for compliance.
- archon810 2y agoOnly the Cybertruck is like that.
- gonzo41 2y agoBYD just announced they can do full charges in 10 mins. The future is not Tesla.
- base698 2y agoYou should uncritically believe them, they have no reason to lie.
- mc32 2y agoSometimes people just want to blindly believe something because it aligns with their belief system, not because it was rational.
- Workaccount2 2y agoAh yes, the life blood of partisan news organizations.
- dttze 2y agoWhen have they lied like that previously?
- tomjakubowski 2y agoIt's a claim which is very straightforward to test and falsify. Not so much for Elon's vibe-laden lies about Tesla's "full self-driving" capabilities.
- harambae 2y agoThe Hyundai Ionia 5 could do nearly a full charge in 20 minutes, if you had access to a charger that basically no one did. Wonder what the details are on this BYD claim.
- goosejuice 2y agoWhich evs are those? Geely (polestar), Hyundai, and Lucid all have political baggage. GM caught up in Uyghur forced labor aluminum and sells driver data. Ford and most of the German and Italian automakers have fascist roots and were involved in forced labor. Many of them are owned by the same families implicated in those past decisions. Rivian seems clean but they are more expensive, only SUVs, and aren't doing well financially. Even still you probably end up using superchargers.
- rondini 2y agoWhat a ridiculous bad faith deflection. No other auto maker is explicitly and aggressively aligning itself with the current administration and their policies. Tesla’s CEO wants to associate his company with a political vision and is vocal about using his money to further that vision.
- tekknik 2y agothis attempt to force alignment through terror will fail as it did last time.
- goosejuice 2y agoHow is it bad faith? Most automakers have a history of doing terrible things. It's just which causes you choose to ignore.
- rsynnott 2y agoThere's a difference between 'history' and 'present', is the thing.
- goosejuice 2y agoGeely is making a killing in Russia where other automakers pulled out. Khashoggi was assassinated in 2018 by the same people that own most of Lucid. The Chung family's political embezzlement is recent memory (2007). It's pretty difficult to be morally consistent in your purchases. Where you draw the line is a personal choice.