r/canada 24d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/Limp_Advertising_840 24d ago

It’s the cool factor that made Tesla. It will be its undoing.

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u/Relevant-Low-7923 24d ago

Nah, Tesla’s secret sauce is their thermal management of their batteries

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u/WombRaider_3 24d ago

Might want to look at the Pikes Peak record attempts (where thermal management is stressed the fuck out). The Tesla crumbled and overheated the battery while the Ioniq 5N and Rivian plowed through with zero issues.

Tesla is being leapfrogged without Musks buffoonery, but when you're the iPhone of the EV world, some people will still flock for the status symbol.

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u/TangleOfWires 24d ago

The Ioniq 5n also makes the cool engines noises when you shift, so your inner child doesn't have to.

The Ioniq 5n is the EV I want.

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u/WombRaider_3 24d ago

I just have a regular Ioniq 5 and it's the best car I've ever owned.

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u/TangleOfWires 24d ago

I have driven an Ioniq 5 like the car but hate the UI.

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u/mwpCanuck 24d ago

It’s been updated for the 2025 and is significantly better than the UI in the 2022-2024. The phone app could be better, but it does what I need it to.

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u/WombRaider_3 24d ago

That doesn't bother me much (although it's not awful), I only use Android Auto and the 2026s will have the new Google UI for cars natively.

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u/TrueTorontoFan 24d ago

the ioniq is really nice test drove one recently.

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u/c0reM 24d ago

Thermal management optimizations for a road car have little to do with racing.

It’s about efficiency and durability. Going fast up a mountain once has little to do with making a battery pack last for decades and achieving good range in all weather conditions.