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College Students Say Tesla Is Canceling Summer Internships
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I admit I own a Tesla. Given all the recent erratic behavior:
About the only way I’ll change either of these will be for Elon to step down and completely remove himself from any control over Tesla. But I don’t see that happening and I certainly won’t be holding my breath.
I at least don't blame you. They used to be the best EVs that you could get. May I ask what model year and how you like it as a car, independent of Musk's PR shenanigans?
‘21 Model Y long range. Overall it drives well, and the supercharger network is really nice. We took it on a trip up & down a good portion of the east coast last year and never had any issues charging it. We have a couple 30 lb dogs that love going for rides, so things like dog mode are really nice as well.
Things I really do not like:
Pretty much all of these are reasons why I refuse to even try FSD and discourage others from using it. About the only way I’ll give it another chance is if a truly independent third party tests it and says all these issues have been resolved.
I feel like this point can't be overstated enough. When I need to go somewhere, I shouldn't need to reorient myself because the car receives software updates all the time. A device that's constantly changing is inherently unreliable, even if technically it's improving over time.
Teslas were the "best", as in the only option for what they did. They were never the "best", as in better than existing products for what they did.
Being first to market for such a long time was an incredible feat and it speaks volumes that their position isn't much, much stronger at the end of it.
I agree w/ the "best" argument but I don't agree with the "first to market" argument.... There were a notable amount of electric cars in the UK before Tesla became a thing. Perhaps things in .de are different..
I did notice in Berlin just a few weeks ago that you guys don't really seem to be pushing for clean air zones in major cities unlike a lot of the UK which given your progressive population came as a surprise to me.
Sure, there were electric cars. But if I remember correctly, Tesla was the first to deliver the whole next-gen package with an every day, everywhere car, plus charging stations plus the whole automation. If you wanted that, there was no way around Tesla for quite a while.
RE "next-gen" "every day" "everywhere car" I can't comment because they don't really make a quantifiable point.
RE Charging: In the UK we had charge at home infrasatructure w/ .gov compensation and charging points at businesses/supermarkets/petrol stations way before a specific branded Supercharger infrastructure started arriving.
RE "whole automation": What do you mean? What point of Tesla is more automated than an Audi or BMW for a UK daily commute? Autopilot simply doesn't work for the vast majority of UK commutes and has been shown to be a poorly operating application with a potential incoming ban.
I think it's important not to rewrite history to fit a narrative.
Same here. For me, not only has the CEO been erratic as all heck, the tech has stalled out and I don't see any improvements and the other car manufacturers are quickly catching up and in some cases surpassed Tesla.
It's really sad to see the company fall so badly, so quickly but that's what you get when you let a completely unhinged person be in charge without checks. Still nice to see his money at least kick start the EV industry to where it is today, good and bad.