Tesla is a giant shell-game masquerading as a car company. The important thing about Tesla isn't its cars, it's Tesla's business arrangement, the Tesla-Financial Complex:
Tesla’s Dieselgate
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/
Tesla is a giant shell-game masquerading as a car company. The important thing about Tesla isn't its cars, it's Tesla's business arrangement, the Tesla-Financial Complex:
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cowpowered@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 3y
jocanib@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
This appears to be an escalating fraud, affecting newer models more than old. So I'd guess that's ^^ the answer.
It's not just a Reuters investigation, they've been fined by a few jurisdictions and they absolutely do have the ability to pay lawyers to defend those charges if they're false.
cowpowered@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 3y
Blamemeta@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, Doctorow is a good writer, but sometimes he thinks he understands stuff but he doesn't really.
kick_out_the_jams@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
some_guy@kbin.social · -2 pts · 3y
But yet everybody will still suck his dick and post the same enshittification essay like he’s some prophet.
cevn@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
My car only goes 180 miles.. congrats on getting a good one though.
Voyajer@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Which model/year do you have? Is that fairly consistent throughout the year?
cevn@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Drops significantly during winter, perhaps to 120 miles.
2018 model 3 Long Range.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me · 5 pts · 3y
That sounds way off. For a LR that would be 388 Wh/km, which is incredibly bad. Normal values should be 150-200 Wh/km unless you're pulling a trailer or going 200+ km/h.
cevn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I go around 80mph on average, which I would think is normal in America.
This is also with the AC off btw, that is my max range. Clocked 6 or 7 times.
jivemasta@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
You should probably go do a battery health check. If your range is that bad, your battery degradation should be within warranty replacement range.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah, please get a battery health check done and contact Tesla for battery replacement under warranty. My SR+ goes further than that at this speed.
money_loo@1337lemmy.com · 8 pts · 3y
Just big oil doing the same thing it’s always done.
ilmagico@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y
Why linking to an article that simply repeats what the original Reuters article says, but in an exxagerated, sensationalized and occasionally downright misleading way? To be clear, I'm never buying a Tesla for the exact reasons described in either article, and more, but I prefer things being stated more factually, less sensational:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/