Tesla as a company is actually doing really bad.
They can't meet delivery dates
customer service is a joke
build quality is wildly inconsistent, they charge premium car prices for what is basically a honda accord.
lithium-ion batteries are not suitable for mass EV use
their software kills people then they blame the driver because auto pilot disengages 1 second before any impacts
they perpetuate a lie that EVs are "zero emission", as well as the lie that the energy use is "green" while instead of powering the vehicle with fossil fuels, it is powered by electricity generated by fossil fuels, which is significantly less efficient than just burning gasoline.
fender benders can total the vehicle
the vehicle records every location, movement and sound that you make.
Tesla isn't groundbreaking, they're just the only game in town. In a couple years when the legacy auto makers catch up, they will run Tesla into the ground. Although, the auto industry has a tendency to mirror what Toyota does, who is basically abandoning their EV efforts in favor of hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.
Even after billions in investment across all sectors, the charging infrastructure for EVs is still sparse and basically non-existent, and it still takes like 2 hours to fully fuel your vehicle.
Most important of all: Our electrical grids can barely handle our consumption of electricity today, that's with fewer than 1% of cars being electric. The infrastructure doesn't exist to support even 5% vehicles on the road being electric.
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