cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14173417
Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire. He said that he used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account when he was asked to clarify if he used an account on X that had been linked to him by several users on social media. Some users posted a screenshot of his X interface last year in which the additional account appeared to be visible.
Everyone I know loves their Tesla. It’s why their satisfaction rating is so high.
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/study-excluding-tesla-few-ev-owners-would-go-ev-again/#:~:text=More than 70%25 of Tesla,another Tesla%2C the study found.
Telsa owners remain more loyal than owners of other brands’ EVs
Tesla is similar to Apple in the regard that owners of their products are something of a cult following and their satisfaction is not based on the quality of the product, but possibly other psychological factors such as being part of what they perceive as an exclusive “in group”.
Or we are just pleased with the product. I’ve had fewer issues with my Tesla than any other car.
That’s pretty bad. I had one in five years. All my friends are the same. The paint is 100% garbage. Otherwise we’ve all been issue free.
Oh please. You think Trump was a great president. I wouldn’t be surprised if you thought a shit sandwich was tasty if it was packaged in right wing ideology.
Unfortunately I’m on the other side of that, my family has a Tesla which has been to the shop more times in the 2 years we’ve owned it than our past 3 cars combined needed to over more than 20 years. We have genuinely researched lemon laws it’s so bad. The windshield wipers hit each other and broke, the windshield stress fractured for no reason, the camera was full of water when we drove it off the lot, the side fender fell off on a country road 2 weeks after that… I could go on for ages.
I think the earlier models when Elon was less of an unhinged arrogant asshole doing his best to follow Kanye’s arc and wasn’t inserting himself into the design process randomly (make the steering wheel square, make a space truck no one needs, make it have stupid windshield wipers, etc.) were much better.
My family needed a loaner while our car was in for one of the many repairs and they gave us the previous model of our same car, made 2 years earlier, and it was much better. Other people I know with older models haven’t suffered from the same issues.
To me it seems that Elon’s leadership is now actively harming the company and making the cars worse, they have serious quality control issues which are leading to out of control repair and service expenses for the company, and are designing features based on what an out of touch billionaire manchild thinks would be neat instead of what any sane average consumer needs from a vehicle.
Things like the turn signal being on the wheel making signaling 2 turns back to back in opposite directions extremely difficult, making the horn a tiny off center button with no ability to feel so you have to take your eyes off the road to find it, glove boxes that won’t open unless you navigate to the right submenu of a terrible ui, gullwing doors that don’t open all the way reliably, a steering wheel that isn’t round and makes driving less comfortable, the deep flaws in optical only self driving, a work truck that can’t actually accomplish work, etc. are all glaring issues which should become clear in user testing, but as the famous “bulletproof” window smashing demo indicated: Tesla either doesn’t do adequate or even baseline testing, or (as I believe) Elon is just too arrogant to listen to the smart people around him who might point out those issues and has created an echo chamber of yes men afraid to point out obvious problems
Agreed. His time has passed. My issue was the paint fell off in the car wash. Otherwise it’s been a nice car.
I’ve heard some of the new design choices are questionable. Gears being moved to the screen or something of that nature. The yoke instead of the wheel.
Why id like to see less of him at Tesla. Let him go play on x and let someone fix Tesla. I think his antics are scaring buyers off.
Totally agree, I remember how amazed I was the first time I rode in a Tesla and the first time I got to drive one. The car is so fun, I especially love being able to stay warm sleeping in the car on snowboard trips or winter camping. The core is there it’s just crazy the little user experience and quality control things are starting to slip more and more.
Not sure how you revolutionize the industry and develop crazy battery tech but are stopped by windshield wipers, turn signals, and suspensions. I hope they can replace Elon and get their focus back, but I hope he finds a nice bounce castle or something to fuck with rather than shifting his focus to ruining twitter lol
Exactly. The car is a blast to drive. For long distances autopilot works an amazing.
The new design choices seem more about Being edgy.
Make Elon the cto or something and hire a real ceo. Label him the chief hype officer but get him away the design.
Ironic to have someone named after a cyberpunk book simp so hard for a megacorp. Yuck.
I am doing no such thing. I like my car. It’s a good car. All you tears won’t change it’s a good car