Tesla vehicles

“That's why Tesla gets cool features like door open pedestrian/car alert, child left behind detection, smooth stop etc over the life of the car.”

“Insurance costs on Teslas is high and the rental company Tesla apocalypse happened because of the difficulties maintaining fleet repairs.”

“If a Tesla owner declines that company’s data-sharing agreement, they are shown the following warning”

“Teslas will tell you when you do need to do the little maintenance that is required, including worn tires.”

“Tesla's ranking for quality and reliability and many cases of fraud regarding warranty repairs would disagree rather heavily with "exceptional"”

“Commercializing and bringing down the cost of electric cars to the point where they are actually a viable option now”

“It is not denied that Tesla is safer than other brands and a few poorly worded or titled articles won't change that.”

“Teslas just feel like Jony Ive reinvented the car interior from an artistic design perspective with zero reference to the comfort of the passenger.”

“Teslas allow setting separate mirror position configurations for forward and reverse direction. Very handy.”

“Tesla is full of open source software, including the Linux kernel. They probably are GPL violators though.”

“They really created an infotainment system with a very clear and functional design in mindm that is very understandable and extensible”

“One estimate suggests Tesla’s impact, through emission reductions, has saved over 20,000 lives globally.”

“Tesla changed the automobile from ICE to BEV in a way people wanted to buy and was practical as a replacement for any use”

“The HMI on Teslas is trash, and drivers are measurably slower and more distracted in simulated and real conditions in their designs.”

“From an HMI perspective a Tesla is a nightmare, getting in and out one is constant question as to -why- these design choices were made.”

“3 software updates in 12 years of ownership of Tesla that bricked my car and require mobile service (twice) and tow (once) to resolve”

“Of course the quality has fallen faster than the price over time, but initial impressions still hold on for a long time in general.”

“8,075 owners didn't seem to mind it. Gigafactory 4 hums along with them. That's still a respectable output for any car factory.”

“It saved me $1000+ (my deductible and possible rise in insurance rates) when someone hit my car while parked at Costco”

“Tesla was a decent car with a very good computer in it. They never bothered to improve on the car part, causing Teslas across the western world to fail inspections at staggering rates”

“Tesla body work is extremely expensive. Aluminum, extensive welding instead of fasteners, substantially reduced modularity due to castings”

“Build quality of US built cars is middle of the pack, Europe/China built Teslas are top of the pack.”

“Controls as simple as the door handles are unintuitive, with the handle apparently being the emergency release that doesn't lower the window”

“Tesla made EVs feasible and mainstream, did the investments and caused a rolling effect of worldwide investments”

“There are some taxis and limo service Teslas that famously did make it to 300-400k+ miles on their original pack.”

“It's also a good looking car with a great user interface that gets better and better with free updates.”

“I actually enjoy doing road trips in my tesla more so than in ICEs, because of the forced breaks.”

“Tesla has oriented the features and experience in a way where just having a screen makes a lot of sense”

“Touchscreen climate controls tend to be giant messes requiring multiple interactions and often (hi, Tesla!) have controls in unpredictable locations.”

“Tesla, for all their problems, is the only manufacturer you can count on prioritizing and long term updating their EVs.”

“There are no other vehicles that can take you as easily to the grocery store as they can across the country.”

“They still have some of the most efficient EVs available, and their UI/UX is still one of the best”

“Their charging infrastructure really allowed it to be a normal car when you live in populated areas.”

“they very clearly state in their privacy documentation that they don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties”

“The car planned the route, planned the charging stops, and backed into the charging spaces.”

“Tesla's enormous positive health impact of replacing millions of polluting vehicles with zero emission ones”

“the service mode that is accessible to the user is amazing, has so many diagnostics tools available for free”

“Teslas illuminate brake lights based on deceleration (until reaching a stop), which is the desired behavior.”

“Tesla continuously updates their cars unlike most manufacturers which are stuck in "waterfall" model year refreshes.”

“It wasn't until Elon Musk disrupted the car industry with Tesla starting from 2004 that anything changed”