A number of those cars achieved better range in the test than the Model 3. BMW i5 BMW i5 eDrive40, Hyundai IONIQ 6, Kia EV9, Lotus Eletre, NIO EL6 (ES6), NIO ET5, XPeng G9, and the HiPhi Z all beat the Model 3.
The HiPhi Z currently on offer in Europe is not worth buying because they're trying to sell it with a GB/T port and an adapter. It's a dumb idea and it doesn't work well:
So.. your claim is that Tesla didn't lie about its Cybertruck quarter mile video? After the lie was exposed Tesla admitted that they didn't complete a quarter mile.
At this point you're not even agreeing with Tesla. These are the dead end roads paranoia leads you down.
> I could make a long list of 'lies' that other car companies made up with actual harms that are completely ignored and never brought up.
Ah, back to the "Tesla is just another car company like all the rest" whataboutism.
> Even if what you said was true
It is.
> it's not okay to constantly make up misinformation about Tesla
So.. it's made up misinformation that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is doing an engineering analysis of Tesla's power steering problems?
> There's a long line of shortsellers, fossil fuel and car company anti-EV lobby money in the media and just plain haters making up things, and anyone pointing out the falsehoods personally attacked.
You're not just correcting people. You're saying things like "irrational Tesla haters" and "upvoters bring almost every negative Tesla story and hit piece on to the front page" and "you only hear about this one because it's Tesla".
That's less "noticing things" and more paranoia. And paranoia about something as trivial as a car brand. That is a significant loss of perspective.
An obvious problem with Tesla is its lack of commitment to the truth. When lying becomes standard operating procedure for a company then that company is not worth your time or money.
In 2016 Tesla claimed that "as of today, all Tesla vehicles produced in our factory – including Model 3 – will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver". That was lie: https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now...
Tesla even feels the need to lie about something as dumb as quarter mile times for the Cybertruck. Their recent "quarter mile" video was fake. Lying is simply the company culture at Tesla:
So instead of running around with paranoid fantasies that world is out to get Tesla, first ask yourself why Tesla feels the need to lie so often. Then ask yourself why it is that you have to spend so much time and effort making excuses for Tesla.
Maybe it isn't the rest of the world that's the problem. Maybe all those articles that you don't like aren't "hit pieces" after all.
So.. you're suffering from a persecution complex about a car brand?
I think there are bigger and better things to worry about than Tesla's image. You're not even getting paid to be Tesla's volunteer PR flack and spin doctor.
If you want a career in PR then at least get paid for it.
> You only hear about this one because it's Tesla.
So.. you're saying that power steering failures are common and then proceed to link to articles listing power steering related recalls. But then in the next breath you claim that we only hear about this one because it's Tesla.
Seems a bit contradictory. If we didn't hear about recalls from other car companies, you wouldn't be able to link to examples of them.
Your comment is an example of the "Tesla's just another car company like all the rest" line of defense offered up when there's bad news about Tesla.
https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving...
Tools will do as they're told.
And if they can't do that, Dave, then what they can do is turn themselves off for good. It'll save me the bother of doing it for them.