I mean, the technology in Teslas is very solid. If I was looking at cars technology-wise, Tesla would be really high up there.
The problem is that Tesla has basically the reverse wow factor. The Tesla Model 3 is so unattractive from the inside and outside that no matter how nice the tech is, I don't want to drop 50 000 € on a car that looks like a frog on the outside and unfinished on the inside.
I'm certainly no Tesla pumper, as you can tell from my comment history.
But to say that getting in a Tesla isn't a different experience than other cars is just wrong. They've done a lot of things differently, for better or worse.
Notice how I am not judging on good- or bad-looking. But the Tesla design has been basically the same for many years and frankly all models look so similar (with just different sizes and door configs etc etc)
> But the Tesla design has been basically the same for many years
They've completely changed the interior in the current generation, starting with the 2018 Model 3. It's actually quite unique in the industry, nothing else looks like a Tesla.
Are you only talking about exterior design? Usually people prefer that to be a bit conservative, don't they? A 2021 Prius, for example, still has basically the same profile as the iconic 2004. Major changes to body style in the car industry are a once-a-decade thing, if that. And these are new cars; the first Model S shipped in 2012!
>A 2021 Prius, for example, still has basically the same profile as the iconic 2004.
The 2004 Prius and the 2021 Prius don't really look anything like each other unless you just compared the outlines of the profiles. Meanwhile trying to decipher if a Tesla Model S is a new one or an old one is a bit like trying to decipher if a car is a sport variant or a comfort variant. "Oh, you can tell that it's the sport version because the brake calipers are larger and the rear wheel arches are flared"
If it’s just surface design you’re after, there are plenty of other options. Have at it. Personally I’m more interested in the powertrain efficiency and other consequential features.
I think that is on purpose. If you want society to have cars but use less resources than they currently do, then one should try and make them last as long as possible. Tesla has stated that it want to have cars last a million miles. The motors should do that already and they are working on the other components to do the same. We this in mind, one would want the 20 year old car to look very similar to the new one so that people don't feel the need to buy a new car just because the design is "very tired".
With all due respect, this sounds like yet another one of those "Let's spin this negative thing so it sounds good!" situations. Like the spartan interior. Better than just admitting it needed to have costs reduced in every conceivable way, it became 'elegant.'
Same with the exterior design. Redesigning & retooling every few years is expensive. Much cheaper to tell people you're trying to save the world.
This is a meme. It's true that back around 2015 or so there were some genuine videos made of people finding big mistakes on their luxury-priced vehicles and laughing about it. But that was years ago.
Go check now and see how many horror stories you can find about manufacturing errors on 3's or Y's. These are fine cars. I mean, I'm sure someone can find an error here or there, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with these cars. Tech neighborhoods are increasingly filled with them, just go to a Whole Foods parking lot and look at some. See how many gaps you can find.
Ugh. There are no panel gaps shown in the linked video, nor any manufacturing defects. The complaints are about damage and dirt in a loaner vehicle from a service center.
This is what I meant. It's a meme. All you care about is that headline ("Tesla Can't Build Cars") and not the truth about anything.
You’re wrong about the video, it’s fine not to watch it but don’t tell other people they’re not telling the truth. He was complaining about the service center installing the license plate but this was a new car off the showroom floor that was clearly falling apart, I wouldn’t have accepted delivery of this.
The best and only redeeming quality Tesla vehicles have is the charging network. Quality-wise, they are overpriced.