Quoting EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>:
I quit posting on the EVDL list sometime ago when I understood my
work with ClipperCreek CS 100 units to charge Tesla Model S cars here
in Hills, MN, did not fit the rules.
Being born in 1941, I too have concerns about the downside of Tesla
"ownership', but I bought a Model 3 since I can write it off with my
business and I can charge it off my tracking solar PV system. I am
equally concerned about the planned obsolescence engineered into
modern ICE cars and the cost and availability of parts and mechanics
in the future, Therefore, I also drive a 1929 Model A Ford tudor. I am
not a mechanic, but I can fix it, I own it, it s basic and parts are
readily available. Five million were made so old and new parts are
available.
On 7 Oct 2018 at 14:01, George E Swartz via EV wrote:
I am curious, what are the main reasons you would not buy a Tesla.
Well, one reason is something that a lot of Tesla owners seem to like. The
car's too connected for my taste. It creeps me out every time I read of a
Tesla wreck and some Tesla employee tells the news reporter the next day
that the driver had autopilot on, or had his hands off the wheel, or
whatever.
Privacy is already hard enough to maintain these days. I don't really want
Elon Musk or one of his minions as my copilot. (I wouldn't buy an "On Star"
car, either.)
Another is that Tesla is a corporate control freak. You don't own their
cars, you pay for the right to use them unless or until they decide to
disable or hobble them.
See our recent discussion:
http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble-td4691207
Or read Otmar Ebenhoech thinks of Tesla's owner support policies.
https://cafeelectric.com/stretchla/
Finally, I'm also pretty annoyed that they supposedly introduced an
"affordable" EV, but they still refuse to sell it without a bunch of ups and
extras that make it UNaffordable. Screw that.
And then there's Musk himself. Need I say more?
David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator
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