Test Drove a Tesla Today

To Elon Musk, truth is fungible.

Tesla guillotine
https://www.fastcompany.com/91073608/this-cybertruck-design-flaw-could-chop-off-your-fingers

And why Tesla is failing
https://www.fastcompany.com/91086771/6-reasons-why-tesla-is-failing-and-they-all-have-to-do-with-design

Quote :

Please don’t do this with a Cybertruck. Other vehicles have sensors that recognize something foreign like a human finger is in the way and doesn’t actively try to harm you. It’s not worth losing a digit while proving you’re worthy of the Musk cult. But if you do decide this is how you’d like to prove your worth, make sure you upload it to YouTube so the world can see what a dumbass you are.

Quote :

The Cybertruck’s owners manual does caution against ever washing the truck in direct sunlight, and there is a section expressly mentioning that the truck has to be switched into “Car Wash Mode” before washing to avoid damage to parts of the vehicle.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011

WTF is up with that???

Another recall.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall/index.html

And so soon.

Two weeks ago they scrapped plans for a low-cost EV.
https://cnevpost.com/2024/04/06/tesla-scraps-plans-for-low-cost-car-report/

Originally, back when the sports car was the only Tesla out there, Musk had said that the high-priced models were necessary to fund the research and get the charging infrastructure in place. Once those were done, he said, profitability would come with mass-marketing a $25,000 car.

Tesla's hits just keep coming.

Cybertruck Owner Breaks His Finger Trying to Show Vehicle Is Safe

Tesla Cuts Thousands Of U.S. Job Listings Following Massive Layoffs

This is a good one:

A Hertz Rent-A-Car customer elected not to refill his car before returning it after a long weekend. Hertz charged him $277 for gas.

It was a Tesla.

The hits (and leaks) just keep coming.
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-tells-cybertruck-owner-coolant-leaks-arent-covere-1851468431

Related (sort of):
The other day I asked my Amazon driver who made his truck. It was obviously electric, and had cool LED lights front and rear.

He said it was made by Rivian (which I did not know).
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-you-need-to-know-about-amazons-electric-delivery-vans-from-rivian

He also said the vans hadn't had all their bugs worked out yet. In particular, he said the transmissions were self-destructing at a rather alarming rate. As he pulled away, the sound of metal grinding against metal was unmistakable.

A $10-12,000 Chinese EV?  Yeah, that could be major.


https://apnews.com/article/china-byd-auto-seagull-auto-ev-cae20c92432b74e95c234d93ec1df400