Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs

[eat_your_paisley@lemmy.world]

Electric works fine in industrialized suburban blahsville but it doesn’t work well outside of it. Toyota dominates in the non industrial nations so it needs to remain flexible, I wish more auto companies would do blue sky type research

[black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You couldn't pay me to drive one.

[lastyearsirritant@sopuli.xyz]

Best case under $50k for sure

[steve@startrek.website]

I will drive a free tesla

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

How did that happen? When I worked at the Fremont plant, we were only putting together vehicles that had already been sold. Did they swap from lean manufacturing to the normal, wasteful "just keep making shit perpetually" model?

[diva@lemmy.ml]

I'd rather buy a Chinese one, but mr Biden made that impossible.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

Their Q1 sales were actually up over last year. It's insane.

The same kind of pieces of shit that still use Twitter.

[simulation6@sopuli.xyz]

If the price drops enough I would get one. I would hate to give money to musk, but it is not a bad car (based on the 2 people I know who have owned them for years).

[redvenom@retrolemmy.com]

I would rather walk than buy a tesla

[boonhet@sopuli.xyz]

Used Teslas cost chump change in my country, especially older Model S which is the more luxurious model. Morally, I could justify buying a used one. I still hate the things though. And while I don't care too much about my image, a nazi sympathiser is not something I want to look like.

I'm considering a Jaguar I-Pace or MB EQC instead. But if I can get a REALLY good deal on a used Tesla, I might consider pulling the trigger just because 2 euros per liter of diesel makes me spend twice what my payment on the Tesla would be and I could charge it at home.

Though I do love my current torsen-based Quattro so I'd ideally want an AWD car meaning the ones that fit the bill are about as much as the I-Pace. Which begs the question of which one is actually nicer to drive. Guess I'll have to test drive them both.

[w98bsod@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

https://youtu.be/EYoOiVsHJTw

[sanzky@lemmy.world]

toyota has a couple (but I’m not sure if they are available in the US)

[savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca]

They are cashing in production tax incentives and cooking the books. GM did the same thing 2008 before it all collapsed.

Elon was hoping everyone would just forget his antics.

[savethetuahawk@lemmy.ca]

Buy used, they devalue like rocks

[jalfred_prurock@lemmy.today]

What about the idea of the battery degrading or getting worn out or whatever? I've never owned one and I have sort of zero concept of that. I think they're warranty covers through 150k or something like that?

[solrize@lemmy.ml]

I wouldn't call them super cheap though they depreciate a lot from the new prices. Lots of quality ICE cars of similar age at lower prices, i.e. they are still expensive cars.

You can get fantastically good deals on used Fiskers. The company is bankrupt but there's a lively community of owners and getting stuff like repair parts isn't hard. I'm slightly tempted but only slightly. What I really want is an EV conversion for an old cargo van, so it would have very few computers inside.

[random_character_a@lemmy.world]

I have one of those friends acquittances. Glow in his eyes when he talks about Elons great deeds. He also just bought a Y-model, because Elon was treated unfairly, even though he's in large debt due to a grand business opportunity that went south.

[fenririii@lemmy.world]

Or an Indian. They fucking love Tesla

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

or Norwegian, First and third biggest selling car there

or Australian

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

i have a BYD here in Australia.