On 19 May 2022 at 8:44, jamie via EV wrote: > "Idiosyncrasies and workarounds" is a subjective judgement that could be > leveled at any car I've ever driven. We all might feel we could do better than > the car companies in a variety of ways.
An astute observation. When it comes to choices, they're always subjective to one extent or another. And it seems to be part of the human experience to glom onto our choices - diet, politics, vehicle, whatever - and defend them to near-death from anyone seen as "attacking" them. In vehicles, Tesla seems to be especially polarizing. My observation has been that there isn't much in the middle - people either love them almost unconditionally, or they despise them. (A significant chunk of the latter, though not all, is not so much dislike of the car itself, as it is revulsion at Elon Musk's erratic, juvenile behavior.) We should forget those squabbles, and concentrate instead on the fact that we actually have CHOICES in production EVs - choices in brands, models, body styles. You don't like Nissan's customer service? Fine. You don't want a Tesla because of their "autopilot," or because you can't stand Elon Musk? No problem. You can't stomach the idea of buying a GM product after what they did to the EV1? That's OK too. Now granted, there isn't a lot of EV choice here for those of us who like true subcompacts. (It's much better in Europe, but that's also true in ICEVs.) However, you can buy an EV from Audi, Volvo, Porsche, Hyundai, Ford, Jaguar, BMW, Mazda, VW, Mercedes, Kia, and a few other marques that are just getting started in the US. Really, just 15 years ago, who would have thought it? David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = All we learn from history is history repeats. -- Andrew Ratshin = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
