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Tesla scraps its plan for a $25,000 Model 2 EV (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by boem to c/technology

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[–] AA5B 7 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Personally I was shopping Tesla Model Y vs Chevy Blazer. At a glance, this seems to fall right in with what you’re saying but the reality was very different.

Tesla started off with an advantage by actually being available
even when Blazer was released, as a new model, it had much worse quality issues, very little availability, and huge markups
Tesla was a mature model, with no quality issues
Tesla was much less expensive
Tesla was rated 100 miles more range
Tesla is much more efficient
Tesla has an outstanding charging network
Tesla has a much easier purchasing process, with fewer middlemen to scam profits
Tesla software and automation is on a whole different level

The decision really wasn’t close

[–] poopkins 11 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Regarding the sales process: in Tesla's early days, they received an exception to the requirement for needing to use dealerships. Generally this is very shady and is outright unfair towards other car manufacturers—even Rivian didn't get this same special treatment because lawmakers saw how Tesla abused it.

Tesla's growing monopoly on charging networks isn't something to be proud of, in my opinion, and neither is their proprietary charging cable. We need open standards.

Also, Tesla's mileage estimates are notoriously exaggerated. Perhaps technically you can get the claimed range if the entire trip is downhill…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Also, Tesla’s mileage estimates are notoriously exaggerated.

To be honest, this is like the ones from every other car, both EV and ICE.

[–] poopkins 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That hasn't been my experience, but perhaps regulations are stricter in the EU.

[–] bitchkat 4 points 8 months ago

EU uses the WLTP method of testing range and its way more optimistic that the process we use in the USA.

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