I'm not talking about efficiency per mile. I'm talking about manufacturing efficiency. Tesla pulls stunts like building a giga factory in AZ for the tax breaks. It makes economic sense but does not make sense when measuring by the added emissions necessary to concentrate all those materials so far away from the rest of the supply chain loop

They're also just... bad at making them. A 2020 survey by JD Power found that Tesla ranked last of the 38 brands they looked at in initial quality. It's a measurement of how many problems new vehicles face in the first 90 days of owning them

This is consistent with Consumer Reports rankings of Tesla as second to last in reliability

This is what I'm talking about when I say "inefficient manufacturing". Not fuel usage