Tesla cut the price of some Model 3 and Model Y versions in the U.S. after the company reported third-quarter deliveries that missed market expectations.
The starting price for the Model 3 is listed at $38,990 on Tesla’s website, down from $40,240 previously. The long range Model 3 fell from $47,240 to $45,990. And the Model 3 Performance fell to $50,990 from $53,240.
Tesla’s Model Y Performance sports utility vehicle now starts at $52,490, down from a previous price of $54,490.
Beginning at the end of last year, Tesla began cutting the prices of its cars across the world in a bid to stoke demand amid concerns over slowing consumer spending in markets like the U.S. and China and as competition in the electric vehicle space ramped up.
They’re hellishly expensive cars. They harvest data, and if you opt out your car may become useless. They exaggerate the car statistics, like driving range. The build quality is frequently poor, with visible panel gaps (that cheap-arse Dacias don’t even have), rear bumpers that fall off due to rainfall, they are prone to rust, and the FSD despite clearly not being “fully self driving” or even road safe is available as an extra subscription, that people actively pay for and make use of making the roads less safe.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg as well. Like how replacing the battery costs as much as buying a new car. Or the fact that the already shitty battery life gets even worse when it gets cold, leading to people getting stuck on the motorway in the winter, forcing them to get a taxi and abandon their car.
Perhaps Tesla started off well back in the late 00s, but Musk’s been doing nothing but bullshit since the moment he got his grubby little hands on the thing. There are awful stories coming from the factories involving racism, frequent injuries (the factory in Germany is laughable, and it’s shocking it hasn’t been shut down), and really worrying things have been said even about the software its running on.
Then there’s all the weird-ass design decisions, like replacing the steering wheel with a yoke, without adding servo steering meaning it’s just a malshaped steering wheel. They’ve also paved the way for bullshit capacitive touch areas rather than buttons, and tacked actual important functions like turn signals on them.
If you accidentally caress the fart button and make the bloody thing do lmao memez hilariouz farting, no one gets injured. Miscommunicating your intention in traffic could lead to deaths.
It’s a bad company, and they’re bad cars.
This rant is unproductive, incorrect, and wildly exaggerated.
No. Welcome to the new price of cars.
Opted out. Car still usable.
Edmunds found they aren’t that far off, especially seeing that the range estimates are all over the place.
Sure, I’ll give this one to you. While it’s a no-fuss operation to get them to fix it, it shouldn’t come out the factory.
Isolated.
When?
What other ADAS software have you used?
If the vehicle gives 2-3 warning messages before engaging it and consistently reminds the driver to pay attention, there’s not much more the car can do here if a driver wants to screw off.
Which EV has a cheap battery replacement? Teslas are down to about $12-15k, which in 2023, is cheaper than a new car.
All EV batteries lose range in the winter. Most manufacturers have a feature to pre-warm the battery to reduce the effects of this. Nobody’s leaving their cars on the motorway either.
Tesla wasn’t shipping a car until his money became involved.
I don’t know enough about German manufacturing to comment, but I’d be interested in learning more about factory accident rates of Tesla vs. other carmakers.
Like what?
So personal preferences.
And this was reverted to a wheel by default now on the S/X, which were the only two vehicles having this as an option.
… have you seen other vehicles? Mercedes and Volkswagen (though, now backing off) is going down this route
Personal preference.
Can you show where this dedicated fart button is?
Amazing job going point by point! We need this type of sanity check
It’s a decent enough company owned by a sack of shit, and the cars are pretty good.