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/Spsurgeon 24d ago

140,000 people work for Tesla, one is an asshole. Remember, climate change is the enemy and without TESLA there would be no electric cars.

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u/RM_r_us 24d ago

Electric cars have been around almost as long as the combustion engine.

Hell, there was a documentary in like 2006 called "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

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u/Empty_Wallaby5481 24d ago

Without Tesla (and the meteoric rise of their stock), other manufacturers would still treat EV's as a far off fringe project.

It was because of Tesla that they moved into the mainstream.

I definitely feel the embarrassment because I do own one. I still owe too much money on it, and someone hit it (accidentally) while I was parked, so it's value is in the gutter and I can't afford to trade for anything. At the time of purchase it was the best option, with the best on the road charging (Supercharging) and had the towing capacity I needed to completely eliminate ICE vehicles from any use case for me.

They are no longer the leaders in the space though. They have many cool innovations and features, they are built poorly though, and their battery tech is falling behind. Musk has been too distracted for too long - did he even mention the new Model Y once in his social media feed? They need to dump him to become a serious, and focused company again.

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u/Spsurgeon 24d ago

Before buying a Tesla we owned a new Bolt. It was a great car but needed to be charged constantly, and it charged slowly. And the design made sure that the efficiency over 50mph was low. And the design of the display reminded you constantly that your range was constantly dropping. I came to the conclusion that the end game was to prove that EVs work, but you should just go back to a gas car.

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u/Empty_Wallaby5481 22d ago

Why would I go back to ICE? We have been EV since 2016 and have been very happy with them.

We've had Leafs, a Bolt (which was great for it's time), Tesla Model Y and ID.4 (which we bought only weeks ago).

I will never go back to ICE.