EV ? No thanks nostr:note1lkq6l44ejvqhp9v3wcpmdl6zxt547udxwkyuylcagad00gcwajpsvx6xrf
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Just sayin' - Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) are reported to be significantly less likely to catch fire compared to regular gasoline cars. According to Tesla’s data, between 2012 and 2021, there was approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 210 million miles traveled, which is 11 times lower than the national average for all cars in the U.S.
You can review all the data here - but you are significantly safer in a Tesla electric car in every measure (fires, accidents, death). At least 10X safer.
Still a pass for me thanks. I like fossil fuels. Until new forms of energy are abundant and free of Tyranny I’ll stick with a combustion engine rather than being herded to battery storage with no supply to charge as I ate 1 steak too many in a month
Well, what's interesting about that is I'm on my 5th Tesla. We have 17kW solar so I drive free off the sun (solar 10 years old and paid for long ago). So the newest/best form of energy, creating all other energy, is the sun. Again, just facts. Current sun energy can fuel the entire planet with 2X the population (but I agree Government should not herd people to it).
We are all free to drive what we want. I just choose the safest, cheapest transportation I can find - because it makes sense. I don't have any political or preconceived notions about the cars I drive. It's all math for me - just like #Bitcoin. ;-)
Dam that is a big Solar system. You must have a giant house
We had 5 kids - needed 6 bedrooms+.
BUT - the reason I have so much solar is I kept buying electric cars and wanted to offset ALL my energy needs on a yearly basis for house AND cars. Currently have 3 Tesla's. But have owned 5 Tesla's and all our kids but the first drove Chevy Volts (at one time we owned 5 Volts and a Tesla).
Currently my utility bill is $15/month for house (we do have gas for heat so a couple months a year the gas bill can be a couple hundred) AND the only time we pay for any other fuel is for travel (supercharges and airplane fuel! lol).
Tesla is a known liar. You cannot believe liars
Jay - I have tracked this data for years. I agree the Government information might be wrong, but the Tesla data has not been proven wrong.
I do admit people have been trying to discredit Tesla, well, forever. Because they are so far out in front of traditional auto on EVERY front, they can't be caught. Test drive a CyberTruck (Yes, I''m sure you hate the way it looks) - it blows away the Model Y, and the Model Y blows away everything else.
Did they fix all their QA issues? My 2016 Tesla had a bent hood and my friends X had to be almost rebuilt from QA issues.....
I keep hearing these stories, but have experienced none of them - and we have dozens of friends and acquaintances that own Tesla's.
On a Model 3 I had in 2018, the charge door broke and was replaced under warranty, came to my garage and fixed it. I do know one of our friends had some type of drivetrain issue and it was fixed as well.
I have had zero problems other than that on any of the Tesla's I have owned.
Not to say this is you, but many that complain about all these problems turn out to be Tesla hacks. I'm not saying there are not problems. The first several hundred CyberTrucks were a mess - still being fixed. Tesla is a fast moving company - they error on the side of 'fast changes' versus complacency. In this type of environment you will have some problems. BUT you also end up with products/services FAR ahead of the competition. Finding the right balance is no easy task!
My Model 3 from 2021( Shanghai GF) is in top condition after 70k km.No Problems until now.The QA is much better then People scream
This for sure is not the first time someone died on Tesla cyber truck .
Can imagine Tesla fanboy on 𝕏 very busy defending this 😂 because not faults of Cybertruck rather the firework and the driver