Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Thinking about an EV? I would strong suggest avoiding a Tesla and picking another brand. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WeUnite@lemm.ee to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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CEO of Tesla and acting President-elect Musk is going on a neo-Nazi binge endorsing far right candidates instead of properly running the companies he's involved in such as Tesla.

In addition Tesla is considered one of the most unreliable car brands according to: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-placed-bottom-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings/

Moreover Tesla has the highest fatal accident rates of all car brands according to: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

Also there are privacy implications with using a car that could in theory spy on you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/

Now that more competent and establish brands are making EVs there's no reason to buy a Tesla if you want an EV. I'm not here to recommend another brand, I'm just here to tell you that your next EV should be anything other than a Tesla.

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are some of the issues they have? Pretty much the only thing I know about the ioniq 5 is that it won EV of the year so it's gotta be pretty decent!

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it varies. I've owned a Volt, Bolt, two Teslas. My friend has two Rivians. My other friend has a Bolt. My manager has an Ioniq 5.

None of us have had any issues at all. Obviously YMMV.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Save some EVs for the rest of us, damn. I've owned two cars in my life and I'm 41.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm 28 and on car #5, but most of them were beaters.