Don’t kid yourself lots of cars already have many of the features. GPS tracking, drive recorders, remote shutoff etc.
As far as fixing salvaged vehicles well, it’s slightly different than a gasoline vehicle in determining if it’s safe for the road. It’s understandable that they would want to inspect it but in the end they will probably loose that fight. As far as cost..... my friend at work just bought a pickup truck with all the bells and whistles and paid $46,000 for it cars with lots of options and in the luxury class are not cheap. A model 3 competes with BMW and Mercedes not with the leaf. Heck the navigation system is the best I have ever seen in any vehicle. He outsold all the luxury cars on the market combined. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 8, 2018, at 12:32 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >> On 7 Oct 2018 at 14:01, George E Swartz via EV wrote: >> >> I am curious, what are the main reasons you would not buy a Tesla. > > Well, one reason is something that a lot of Tesla owners seem to like. The > car's too connected for my taste. It creeps me out every time I read of a > Tesla wreck and some Tesla employee tells the news reporter the next day > that the driver had autopilot on, or had his hands off the wheel, or > whatever. > > Privacy is already hard enough to maintain these days. I don't really want > Elon Musk or one of his minions as my copilot. (I wouldn't buy an "On Star" > car, either.) > > Another is that Tesla is a corporate control freak. You don't own their > cars, you pay for the right to use them unless or until they decide to > disable or hobble them. > > See our recent discussion: > > http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble-td4691207 > > Or read Otmar Ebenhoech thinks of Tesla's owner support policies. > > https://cafeelectric.com/stretchla/ > > Finally, I'm also pretty annoyed that they supposedly introduced an > "affordable" EV, but they still refuse to sell it without a bunch of ups and > extras that make it UNaffordable. Screw that. > > And then there's Musk himself. Need I say more? > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
