I’ve owned a string of new BMWs and Audis before moving to Tesla. This is location dependent but the Audi and BMW dealers in NoVA are straight garbage. Horrible customer service and they refuse to diagnose rattles/creaks.

I also think it’s location dependent. Audi dealerships in Norway (Møller Bil) aren’t very good. BMW dealerships (Bavaria) are really good, though.

It’s getting a limited release two years after the Rivian R1T release. The latter has a drag coefficient of 0.3 and a tow capacity of 11,000 pounds. The Cybertruck is rumored to start at 33% more than the R1T, and only the top of the line version can match the much smaller and cheaper R1T in towing capacity. It also has a high drag coefficient of 0.39 and a rumored battery capacity of 250-ish miles.

What wheels do you have on your car? Turbine wheels can reduce your range by as much as 15%, and the pre-2019 Teslas do not have heat pumps. 85 km in the winter seems insane, though. The warranty explicitly stated that the car should at the very most lose 30% within 8 years.

My Xpeng loses maybe 20% in - 10 degrees.

I get the impression that many who say Tesla have never owned another EV, and are coming from an 11 years old Honda Accord or a 14 year old Audi A4 with cloth seats.

I owned a Tesla for many years. Horrible service. You can’t drive your car home until the service bill has been paid. You can’t split the bill into smaller pieces and pay later either. Really fun when your air suspension, DU or battery dies. When something goes wrong, the broken part is replaced with a poorly remanufactured part and not a new one.

The people who rant about FUD, should try owning a Tesla post-warranty.

BMW has excellent service. So does MG, Xpeng and Toyota.

Depends on where you live. If it’s the Bible belt, then I agree. A Rex for the EV would also get the job done.

It depends on the brand. A Toyota engine lasts longer than a Tesla battery without major repairs, but not necessarily longer than a BMW or VW battery.

JAC ejs4 is a no-frills compact SUV. There is also the MG4 and Mazda Mx-30. VW also used to produce the e-Up!/CitiGo.

China is a huge country, and we are therefore seing a lot of startups. Some have already been bought by VW, and we will definitely see consolidation in the coming years.

Seems like the most interesting EV news are either coming from Fisker or China these days.

It isn’t pretty, but I like it.