• @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    701 year ago

    I would strongly recommend against doing this just now. Lemmy isn’t ready for your average Reddit user yet.

    What’ll happen is they’ll create an account, see that it’s still a bit buggy and a bit empty, then stop using it and tell everyone it’s rubbish.

    That’s how Teslas got their reputation lol

      • @liontigerwings@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        They’re cars like any other. Some problems and some good shit. At the end of the day they built a car with a reliable powertrain and made it perform well and they still are the most efficient with range. You can see the thought they put into making it good at being an electric car. They also understand the need of a reliable charging network.

        On the flip side they have poor build quality are not very reliable overall. Their reliance on touch screen is a matter of preference. I think they go overboard with it and would prefer more hard control, but atleast the software is intuitive and responsive.

      • snarf
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        21 year ago

        Elon is an asshat, but Tesla, as a car company, I wouldn’t call rubbish. Their cars have pros and cons, like any other, and one must admit that they have done quite a lot to move the industry towards electrification.

    • snarf
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      161 year ago

      I love how Tesla recalls still make national headlines. As if other car companies no longer have any.

      • @blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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        161 year ago

        Other car companies aren’t hyping up their cars as the greatest thing since sliced bread and sending out half baked, unreliable features. For other car manufacturers a recall is mundane, there’s been thousands recalls for decades before, there’ll be plenty mote recalls for as long as we drive cars. Hell, Volkswagen made national headlines when people found out they were cheating on emissions tests.

        As for Tesla, we’ve been on the cusp of autonomous self driving cars for like a decade and a half, always next year, it’s almost done, I swear. And our hyped up bulletproof N64 looking truck broke on stage, and our Autopilot (which doesn’t actually work how most people imagine how an autopilot works) is totally fine as long as you’re closely monitoring it. It doesn’t surprise me that regulating bodies are exercising more scrutiny on Tesla than the manufacturers that have been around for a century.

        • @just_change_it@lemmy.world
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          21 year ago

          Guy in the comments calls out that almost all the recalls are simply software updates that happen without anyone even knowing about them.

          I have no doubts that recalls can and will happen with any new automaker but if it’s mostly software updates and they’re on top of them… better than not fixing them at all.

        • snarf
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          11 year ago

          The website analyzed recall campaign data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from the last 10 model years and used that data to calculate the number of projected recalls over an expected 30-year lifespan of the cars. Does that mean it considers OTAs (Over The Air updates) as recalls? It does if NHTSA calls it a recall.

          Seems highly speculative. But in any case, I’d be more than happy to admit that Tesla models end up getting more recalls than the industry average, if true. My point about Tesla recall sensationalism still stands though!

      • laivindil
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        -21 year ago

        Or one catches fire and makes national news, vs all the other cars that caught fire in the same timeframe that go unreported because it’s not the new thing.

    • AnonTwo
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      41 year ago

      I feel like the issues that were being reported can’t be said to be limited to things hobbyists could tolerate…pretty sure one guy showed the steering wheel come off…