But not perfect.
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That’s the best-case scenario. The worst-case is more of these “edge cases” where the vehicle automation has to respond to unforeseen circumstances and chooses poorly.
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In other words, “Prince Bonesaw is calling in his markers.”
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“combination of reckless downsizing and recreational slaughter.”
It’s the recreational part that is so appalling. They have no sense of the human trauma. Sociopaths.
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I remember thinking I would give my left nut to work at a company like Tesla. I probably would have been let go after one day and he’d take the other on the way out.
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They were looking pretty cool about a dozen years ago. A colleague got work there around that time, and I was pretty happy for him. He lasted a year or so, then quietly left. He didn’t say much at the time, just how much he was looking forward to his new job.
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I imagine that Tesla probably was an exciting place in the early days. They were forging a vibrant electric future different to the boring old fart Nissan version
One in ten?
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The world would be a better place if people had bought competent, decent, proplerly sized Leafs rather than hugely expensive wankmobiles.
I mean they did outside America, Teslas just weren’t aimed at the market here, you need too much money to buy a Tesla.
Tesla were a wrong turn right from the beginning.
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I wish that was true here in Norway. Most sold cars 2023 (source):
- Tesla Model Y: 23.088 biler (18,2 prosent)
- Volkswagen ID.4: 6614 biler (5,2 prosent)
- Skoda Enyaq: 5740 biler (4,5 prosent)
- Toyota bZ4X: 5395 biler (4,2 prosent)
- Volvo XC40: 5025 biler (4,0 prosent)
- Ford Mustang Mach-E: 3792 biler (3,0 prosent)
- Toyota Yaris: 3582 biler (2,8 prosent)
- Toyota RAV4: 3457 biler (2,7 prosent)
- Volkswagen ID.3: 3141 biler (2,5 prosent)
- Hyundai Kona: 2991 biler (2,4 prosent)
- Audi Q4 e-tron: 2688 biler (2,1 prosent)
- Nissan Ariya: 2606 biler (2,1 prosent)
- Nissan Leaf: 2471 biler (1,9 prosent)
- BMW iX1: 2415 biler (1,9 prosent)
- Tesla Model 3: 2083 biler (1,6 prosent)
- Toyota Corolla: 1911 biler (1,5 prosent)
- Polestar 2: 1832 biler (1,4 prosent)
- BMW i4: 1782 biler (1,4 prosent)
- MG4: 1622 biler (1,3 prosent)
- Audi Q8 e-tron: 1602 biler (1,3 prosent)
ETA: I know you’re talking about the early years, but this is the data I could find. Tesla has always been strong here, unfortunately
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“Ongoing bloodbath…” So, was this what Il Douche was blathering about?
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Was the fifth biggest selling electric car here last year! (Tesla that is!)
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The ketamine abuse is really beginning to show, huh?
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Norway is a bit of a special case, though. Electric cars went mainstream there way before the rest of the world, at a time when Tesla were the big name in that category. Plus, the high income levels in Norway also make the price of a Tesla less of an issue.
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I just don’t understand why people continue to buy them. Though I see a lot of Chinese eSUVs these days, and the traditional German luxury car manufacturers are making inroads again.
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I’m kind of sad that Norwegians don’t buy the Fiat 500E, because I see them a lot around the Munich suburbs. Maybe it’s because Munich is only a couple of hours away from Italy? I mean, I can walk there in a week (did it last September, and will do it again next month).
Tesla itself is also strong, I see almost twice as much of them as I see Fiats, and that’s not counting the Tesla lot over in Parsdorf. It’s almost as popular as BMW here.
Me, my car is the Deutschlandticket, and I ride trains and buses out of stubborn principle. And because I like not having to pay attention to the road except when I’m cycling.
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A country that got so wealthy exporting petroleum that the people who live there can all afford electric cars!
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Ah, traditional Roman legion discipline ; “The beatings will continue until morale improves!”
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