CEO of Tesla and acting President-elect Musk is going on a neo-Nazi binge endorsing far right candidates instead of properly running the companies he’s involved in such as Tesla.
In addition Tesla is considered one of the most unreliable car brands according to: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-placed-bottom-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings/
Moreover Tesla has the highest fatal accident rates of all car brands according to: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
Also there are privacy implications with using a car that could in theory spy on you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/
Now that more competent and establish brands are making EVs there’s no reason to buy a Tesla if you want an EV. I’m not here to recommend another brand, I’m just here to tell you that your next EV should be anything other than a Tesla.
Interesting I’m put off by non Tesla non-Rivian UX. Android Auto and carplay are not native to cars and just feel like they’ve been shoved in and not really fully capable of anything car related.
Probably a design philosophy thing. I prefer cars not be designed around computers. Feels a bit ‘black box’ to me. And if the console dies, I’m kinda SOL for anything routed through it. To be contrasted with the usual ‘welp, I guess I don’t have A/C for the summer’