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The one Tesla thing I consistently hear is well done and maintained is the Superchargers. I guess Elon is fixing that discrepancy.
Charging is literally the only reason why I would ever consider a Tesla over another EV. The non-Tesla networks are often significantly underpowered for fast-charging, or straight up broken. And not all of Tesla’s network is open to non-Tesla EVs and or non-Tesla NACS EVs. If you want full access to the largest, fastest, and most reliable network, you need a Tesla.
But I guess Musk now wants to put that at risk too.
Ford, Rivian, and I think GM all have had deals to use the Tesla network this year.
This is a very common misconception. These vehicles will not have access to the full network. They’ll have access to about a 1/3rd of it.
Telsa’s North American network is over 50k chargers, but these companies are all advertising that they’re going to have access to just over 15k chargers.
Moreover, if you look at Telsa’s network map, they have already defined which charges are all EV, non-Tesla NACS, and Telsa Only. And Telsa only is exactly what it means. No Fords or GMs.
We had a 3 and even though Musk was already an asshole idiot, we ended up swapping it out for a Y instead of another EV because the network is leaps and bounds ahead of everyone else. If they screw this up + keep opening it up to other manufacturers (which they should, that’s a good thing) I don’t see anyone our next cars being a Tesla.
It would free many of us. I've got 2 Teslas in my garage and nothing that uses gas anymore. Tesla made a decent EV / Tech, but the car itself is shitty and cheap. If there was another all electric car built by an established manufacturer with it's own network I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
The only other thing that Tesla really nailed (and that I would miss) is uniform pricing with online order. I don't want to go play the dealership middle salesman game ever again if I can help it.
I would say there is a second thing: the uniform pricing and direct to customer sales model.