Elon Musk will bring a new age of man; an age of despair and destitution and of subjugation to the evil powers that be.
It is difficult to argue with this. That lithium he's obsessed with has to be mined somehow, and I don't think Elon gives a shit that children are doing it in forced slave labour at gunpoint in developing countries.
That's just one aspect of his business. Elon is a net negative overall and that's even when you don't consider his character is simply repugnant. Calls a guy who risked his life to rescue children a pedo simply because he didn't let him get away with using the incident as a marketing tool to boost his ego and profile and rightly shut him and his shitty idea down
His antics are brand recognition destroying. When I see a Tesla car on the road, I don't think 'great human, thinking about the climate'. I think 'what an arsehole'. And that's all on Elon
Yes, because Elon made them buy his product....
There are other options these days. You do not need to buy an overpriced and overhyped Tesla to buy an electric car.
Also electric cars are boring. Coming from a guy who had a 400rwkw twin turbo 300zx, I can assure you that a large part of the 'thrill' is the auditory experience. The roar of the engine, the sound of the exhaust, the spool of the turbos and the whoosh or flutter of the the blow off valve. In a EV? Just silence. How lame.
My friend has a Tesla and it's a bucket of shit. To drive interstate (1200km) it took 3 days and quite the scenic route to get to me (much more than 1200km). He had to plan his route where charging stations were. When he got there, he had to wait hours to charge. And if one other person was charging at the same time, his wait time doubled. And you get pissed if the muppet in front of you drives a few km/h under the speed limit or doesn't pay attention those few seconds when the light goes green lol.....
My car at the time ran on diesel and could have made the 1200km trip on a single tank of fuel. (you'd fill up once to not cut it close while you have a rest). I could leave early morning and get there by the evening. The Tesla might have quick acceleration but its a slow POS to arrive anywhere long distance. Run out of juice? You need to get towed home lol
EV cars are the future eventually, but I pity these early adopters who are helping to pave the way for the rest of it to be cheaper and mainstream. Remember when a shitty standard definition and sub 50" plasma TV cost $20K? LOL. Dumbarses actually paid for those lol