Thread: Petrol V EV technolgy from America

Originally Posted by gonetropo

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teslas are a pure POS, bad manufacture, bad build quality, ..

Well the US-assembled ones often were. The Chinese-assembled ones are far better. My son has had a Tesla3 for about a year now. Quite impressive actually and this is grudgingly from someone who owns two FOG vehicles (Fuck off Greta, as in guzzler petrols). The Tesla has had zero probs so far and he's done long trips in it with the family. Last one was H Bay to Rotovegas and round a bit, using free chargers in Taupo and plugging into the wall at the Roto motel. Total "fuel" cost $18 for the trip and he's not into economy driving styles.

teslas are awful no matter where they are made.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

teslas are awful no matter where they are made.

For what reasons? Price excluded. Can't wait for mine

Badly made. Unreliable. Crap backup

Originally Posted by XR500

EV's are gonna get a whole lot more expensive, which will defeat the premise that they will become affordable enough for everyone to transition to them.

Lithium metal has increased in price 6 fold since the beginning of the year (10K USD/Tonne now 62K USD/Tonne). It went to 78K USD/Tonne in April but has dropped back down a bit.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/20...climate-change

same as nickel last few years peaked at 21,000 recently - all adds to the cost of EV's - until they come up with a solid state battery that can charge 80% in 5-10 minutes ev's will never be the solution

Originally Posted by gonetropo

Badly made. Unreliable. Crap backup

My son is clearly one of the lucky ones then

Originally Posted by 6x47

My son is clearly one of the lucky ones then

Probably fine if its under warranty, as soon as warranty's run out on tesla's your in for some fun times - No aftermarket parts, reports from several usa based youtubers about how pricey and expensive they are when out of warranty are easy to find
and its usually paints a dismal picture- also in NZ there are buggerall service centers for them 1 in Auck, Chch, Well. Because it has to be done with tesla not anyone else unless you want to void the warranty, just ring the service center and ask for a
quote on a new battery and the timeframe to install if you want some entertainment

interesting reading of reviews of tesla service and its mostly in the USA not even is NZ which no dought will take longer and be worse
https://nz.trustpilot.com/review/www.teslamotors.com

Not to mention a wiring loom that makes old Alfas look good

I thought they'd just have two fat welding cables from the battery to the motor and a big old knife switch in place of the handbrake to make it go!?