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Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by kcb on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:21PM (#40444243)
Model 3 and Y are best in class cars/EVs from a price, performance and feature perspective. Comparing to a used Chevy Bolt isn't going to be very meaningful against any new car.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by sfblah on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:32PM (#40444420)
What does all that even mean? My Bolt drives just fine. What features are you talking about?
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by legohead on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:44PM (#40444607)
There's an efficiency rating for EVs, basically best bang for buck per kWh. Tesla has ranked in the top consistently, thus saving you some more money on electric bill.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by brocket on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:27PM (#40446033)
When I was shopping around for EVs at the time the Bolt was actually more efficient miles/kwh than a Tesla. Factoring that into the total cost of ownership further widened the price between them.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by chucksta on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:51PM (#40444679)
It means you are comparing apples to oranges. You wouldn't comparing a chevy spark to a mid range lexus they are optimized for different markets.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by kcb on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:35PM (#40444473)
Cars are some of the most feature segmented products available. I don't believe that you have no understanding of the different features of cars outside of ability to drive.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by lm28469 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:43PM (#40444594)
More people simply don't care at all.

They're like uber expensive phones, whatever you buy will be a piece of shit in 10 years anyways, why would you spend 50k on a piece of shit when you can buy another one for 5k

I recently rented a modern car and god damn besides being able to control the back windows from the front seat it was all gimmick tier gadgets

Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by kcb on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:45PM (#40444625)
Problem is based on the cars that sell most people definitely care.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by lm28469 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:48PM (#40444650)
The #2 most sold car in europe is a shit box called Dacia Sandero, it's a cheap renault built in Romania using renault tech from 10 years ago and barely able to break 0-60 in like 15 seconds

But it sells new from 11k euros...

Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by sfblah on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:41PM (#40444554)
I'm not up to speed on it, but I'll do my own research since I'm sure you're right.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by jaggs on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:42PM (#40444571)
Double negative makes you sound like a bot.
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by kcb on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:46PM (#40444630)
K
Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by Gibbon1 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:52PM (#40444692)
See you like me just want to get from point A to point B.

> What features are you talking about?

Status.

Re:Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low by nine_k on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:30PM (#40445241)
It depends on whether you need these features, and this performance.

An M2 MBP may have best in class features and performance, but an RPi 3 may be sufficient for a particular computing task, even if it's way less advanced.