After having been behind a Tesla emitting smoke on Sand Hill Road, I'm not keen to purchase one anytime soon.
When such an event happens, do you think Tesla replaces the battery pack with a fresh, less defective one? Somehow, I doubt it.
Stories about Tesla support don't inspire much confidence. Once they have your money, the goodwill and standing by their product is mysteriously absent.
With ICE cars being comparatively easy to fix, I'm content to stick with them until the e-kinks get worked out. It's still the early days (easy to forget when Teslas are so ubiquitous in the Bay Area).
Good point (I'm personally on your side), but what is needed from both EV-cautionary and ICE-cautionary commenters is some odds ratio or data on both, rather than impressionistic and qualitative quips about either.
When such an event happens, do you think Tesla replaces the battery pack with a fresh, less defective one? Somehow, I doubt it.
Stories about Tesla support don't inspire much confidence. Once they have your money, the goodwill and standing by their product is mysteriously absent.
With ICE cars being comparatively easy to fix, I'm content to stick with them until the e-kinks get worked out. It's still the early days (easy to forget when Teslas are so ubiquitous in the Bay Area).