• GroundedGator@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I thought the cars were mediocre at best and overpriced. The more I learned the less i liked them.

    • Primary door function being completely electronic with a warning that using the manual release could damage the car.
    • Proprietary navigation, so traffic data only comes from other Tesla’s.
    • Lack of lidar, which has been the standard for accident avoidance tech since forever.
    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      Primary door function being completely electronic with a warning that using the manual release could damage the car

      That’s one of the things that was completely baffling to me. It’s really changing a model that was established, functional, tried and tested, just for the sake of appearing cool and with no regard at all for the drawbacks (which kind of sums up Tesla engineering, I suppose).

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        Like for toy cars that’s fine. But we need people’s evs. I want a dependable, easy to use and maintain hatchback at a good price and ideally union made. Stuff like heated seats would be nice, but ultimately I don’t care to have a fancy tech mobile. That said android auto is something I want.

        Those weird doors are stupid. Everything like that just adds cost and maintenance at low value to the everyday user