• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    16 hours ago

    Idk why are you being downvoted. Musk being a nazi is the last of the problems for Tesla. They had being outcompete by BYD in every measure.

    • Ronno@feddit.nl
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      7 hours ago

      Me, my friends, my colleagues are the target audience for Model 3/Y’s. I drive a Model 3 and some colleagues do as well. Pretty much all of them and myself say the same thing: The cars top the list in terms of value versus price and has the features we want and need, but we will not buy or (company) lease a Tesla (again) due to the nazi in charge. Simple as that.

      At this point, people don’t even take Tesla’s into consideration anymore due to the nazi. So I would say that’s far worse than the competition with BYD.

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        6 hours ago

        Exactly the same for me and my circle. I got a model 3 and got at least 3 colleagues and friends to buy one after a test drive.

        I won’t sell it now because it’s still a good car and I would lose a ton of money to replace it with something equivalent, but I put a fuck elon sticker on it, canceled the connectivity, avoid superchargers when possible and no longer recommend it to people.

        I’m looking for a second car and used Teslas are crazy value right now but out of principle they are out of the question. Probably will go for a Nissan Leaf, Renault Zoe, VW ID.3 or BMW i3.

        • bstix@feddit.dk
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          5 hours ago

          The mentioned cars are somewhat outdated.

          You might also want to consider newer models like Renault 5, Skoda Elroq or Hyundai Ioniq.

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            3 hours ago

            Fair point, but I’m looking to buy used (i3 hasn’t been made for a few years already).

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              2 hours ago

              We bought a second hand i3 (2014) model for my SO to drive to work and back (short distances). The range is objectively horrible (about 100 km), but sufficient for my SO’s needs. Overall, we love the car! It’s so much fun to drive, and very efficient due to its light carbon fiber chassis. The car does everything we expect of it and we run it very cheap.

              Such a waste BMW didn’t iterate on the i3/i8 sooner. They would’ve knocked Tesla out of the water before they could even learn how to swim.