China is banning hidden door handles on all cars sold in the country, becoming the first country in the world to target the feature – which was popularized by Tesla but has for years drawn concern over safety risks.
The feature has previously come under heavy scrutiny, both in China and elsewhere.
Last September, Tesla said it was looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency, after several accidents where passengers were reportedly killed or severely injured in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open them.
Other Tesla owners have reported having to break their own car windows after buckling their children in and then being unable to get in the car again, according to an investigation by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
An investigation by Bloomberg found 140 incidents of people being trapped in their Teslas due to problems with the door handles, including several that resulted in horrific injuries.
This is why Tesla has been a mixed bag. They have made some smart choices and they have made some not so smart choices. Unfortunately, because they essentially are the EV market in America, all other companies looking to bring EVs to the market have copied Tesla in many ways, both the good and the bad. I think that’s at least part of the reason why the EV market is suffering right now.
People shouldn’t buy Tesla because a) their cars are garbage and dangerous, and b) the owner of the company is a Nazi. Have a good day, y’all!
Wasn’t Ford practically a Nazi, Volkswagen established by Nazis, Toyota incorporated during Japan’s alliance with Nazi Germany?
As long as none of them are currently a Nazi, I’m fine with them.
I’m pretty sure if you participate in the economy at all, your money is circulating through Nazi pockets & it’s just a matter of looking hard enough. Any US taxpayer is definitely funding that Nazi.
Circulating is different from directly funding. That’s like saying the air I breathe is also breathed by Nazis, compared to me giving mouth to mouth CPR to a Nazi. I’m not directly giving them money if I’m not buying their products.
Or could you elaborate how I’m missing something?
Burning all your money and doing everything yourself would prevent others from earning from the wealth you create. Gains from trade generate earnings. Your contribution chains through the network: your spending generates earnings for someone, who can afford to spend, etc, which cascades through the economy. If you hadn’t contributed, someone wouldn’t earn as much to spend on Nazis: you’re contributing.
Businesses have complex supply chains & employ all kinds of people. With US tax-funded grants, some of that Nazi’s businesses benefit with fewer degrees of separation.
Purity gets impractical when taken to its logical conclusion, but it could be done.
Unless I’m missing something, I still can’t see anything that differs from my analogy. The only way my money doesn’t “somehow touch” a Nazi is by not spending any of my earned money at all? The same goes the other way as well I’m that case. Some of my money probably touched a Nazi some time. Of course this is using an analogy of physical money which isn’t really practical here, but nonetheless.
I could also try and not purchase things that benefit Tesla’s material suppliers or whatever, but that would target them rather than Tesla itself directly. By not buying Tesla’s products, I am directly targeting them/the Nazi, because that is their source of revenue.
Right?
A.2, overpriced!
They’re overpriced.
Yup, any price for garbage is too much
also c) the owner is a pedophile who frequented Epstein Island.
Anyways, this will all be moot in a few years, Tesla is getting out of cars and shifting to robot butler sex robots.
Moot? b) and c) are surely timeless crimes.
I love the Audi e-tron. Feels sturdy like an audi, no stupid gimmicks like disappearing handles.
But it’s an AUDI, so it will fall apart 11 seconds after the lease is up.
Do you own one?
I test drove one (Bolt Drive rental lol) and it was honestly a bit less smooth on the road than my 2007 A6 Allroad. The performance was amazing (even though it was the lower power version I believe), but due to the hefty weight it seems the suspension is compromised. But since it wasn’t brand new, I also don’t know how good a shape it was in. IIRC it was on air suspension, so it should’ve been better than steel springs.
Buuuuut with the prices they have dropped down to, they’re also god damn enticing these days! And 300 kilowatts is a ridiculous amount of power lol. The downside of course being that a brand new battery off Audi is twice the value of the car if it goes bad lol. But EV battery repair shops are starting to be a thing here, so that might make replacing single cells a very affordable option.
Name one of their smart choices.
The plug they came up with, that eventually became the NAC standard. Technology Connections did a video about it, and he is no Tesla fan, I assure you of that.
Yeah sure and TC isn’t right about everything. NACS currently doesn’t support (and hasn’t for years) 800v charging. CCS does. I can charge my ioniq 5 in 15 minutes up to 80%. This is like saying Tesla did self driving cars first, except they still don’t have it working properly, they’ve just been claiming so for a decade.
If your product is only good as a future, not yet implemented, version of itself, then it’s not a product and shouldn’t be bought. You’re selling future promises, rather than current status.
But Teslas still work at only 400V, while the rest of the industry is up to 800V.