The disapproval of Elon Musk is the top reason Tesla Model 3 owners are selling their electric vehicles and going for another brand, according to a new survey of 5,000 Model 3 owners.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Completely aside but I find this interesting:

    Consumer Reports‘ annual reliability rankings have been released, and with data from 24 brands and over 300,000 vehicles, Tesla fell near the bottom (19/24) along with Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, Volkswagen, GMC, and Chevrolet. Electric vehicles overall also placed poorly, being the second least reliable category of vehicles. Hybrids/plugin hybrids, especially those from Toyota, were found to be the most reliable.

    I’m surprised hybrids have better reliability given their overall increase in complexity compared to either electric or ICE cars. Though frankly I’m not surprised Toyota does them well…

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      That is a bit surprising for the reasons you say. EVs having less reliability overall kinda makes sense given the market is still going through growing pains. I’m betting it will improve quickly given that most manufacturers are still ramping up production.