OT: Electric Vehicles--anyone driving them or seriously looked at them?

[dgauthier]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

(...) I can believe that the Tesla experience is a lot better, but that brand was a non-starter for me. I hope their network becomes available for my car in the future, but even then it will be my choice of last resort because I don't want to give them a penny of my money.

Changing the subject a little, the sentence above^^^ jumped out at me.

A few months ago a friend of mine was proudly showing me how his Model 3 could drive itself around L.A. nearly on its own. Although he calls his 3 "the best car I've ever owned" and he bought a Model Y for his wife, he doesn't plan to buy another Tesla because "Elon Musk is acting like such an asshat."

Certainly a number of factors contributed to Tesla's disappointing '24 first quarter performance. The fact Musk's temperament must be entertained as one of them is a darn shame.