I don't blame you. I bought mine before I really knew how far off the deep end Elon was, and while I like the car, I doubt my next one will be a Tesla again
Paralda
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Depending on how much you drive and how expensive your local energy bill is, the economics can work out better than you think.
I usually charge at home, and my equivilant cost per gallon (assuming 25mpg) is about $0.50/gallon.
If I drive 1000 miles per month, that's about $140/month I'm saving. If gas prices increase to $6/gallon, which I'm sure they will eventually, that's $220/month.
It doesn't justify a new Tesla, but used ones are getting cheaper finally.
I own a tesla, and stopping every couple hours to charge really isn't a big deal. Going from 20%-80% usually only takes 15 minutes, which is enough time to use the bathroom and maybe grab a snack. Most superchargers are in decent locations, so there's always something to do for that time. Even when there isn't, I just watch Netflix or something
SpaceX, Model X, X.com (pre PayPal), and even named his son X. Dude's got a weird obsession with making X work.
Can you add programming.dev?
That's not really how it works, but I hear you.
I don't think we can bury our heads in the ground and hope AI will just go away, though. The cat is out of the bag.
I also got my Tesla before Elon went full crazy, and there only recently were a lot of options. Even then, most were waitlisfed for months and months. Tesla manufactures a ridiculously high percentage of the EV market. Most large car companies are still just dipping their toes in EVs.
They upgraded
You can download the latest releases on github. It's still very much an alpha, but I think it flows the best of any app I've tried.
Assuming that consumers will be rational is a bit premature.
Tesla wants to position itself as the Apple of cars, and it's largely succeeded. Most techies or people more in the know might be quick to dismiss them, but I don't think that's the opinion shared by the public at large.
There's still a wait time for pretty much any new Tesla