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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by kelipso on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @05:35PM (#39911109)
I don't know about that, maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true. But repair costs and mainly Teslas being very unreliable and breaking down a lot has been going viral on instagram and probably tiktok for months.
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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @05:58PM (#39911297)
> maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true

I live in Wyoming. I know two people who passed on buying a Tesla because they didn’t want to be the jackass driving around town making that sort of a political statement.

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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by rgersten on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:27PM (#39911533)
That’s my experience as well. My non-techy potential EV buyer friends are split on Tesla. Group A thinks the range and specs are industry leading, for now. Group B wants nothing to do with Tesla regardless of how good or bad the cars are because of Elon.
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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by 6th on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @10:53PM (#39913155)
EV's in Group B would be awesome!

Bring on Group B-EV

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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by thejazzman on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @08:53AM (#39916801)
The only point I ever hear any non tech person say is that they hate Elon and won't buy the car. Period.

5-10y ago these people were gushing to see the frunk and talking about how they can't wait to afford one.

He should be awarded soothing recognizing the absolutely massive amount of goodwill that he created and destroyed in about 1 decade

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Re:Tesla's 'nightmare' year continues as a big drop in deliv... by jhonof on Thursday April 04, 2024 @08:28AM (#39929545)
Anecdotally this is mostly correct, but I also have heard non tech people acknowledge how hard it is to get parts/repair the cars as a downside as well.
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