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Re: 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed

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Post by ethagknight » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 1:03 PM UTC

ethagknight wrote: post #177

Ok so who has the biggest anecdote? CNET has the platform, and it’s an ad sponsored medium willing to hit pieces for a fee. I just like to argue on the internet for fake points. I recently owned a 2015 Lexus LX570 that engaged emergency seatbelt tensioners (and I think engaged auto braking too?) every time I came across a steel plate road cover for construction. Something about the solid metal hit the radar system ju…

Sorry for the snark at the beginning of my post, but I read the article, felt like it was off.

Re: 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed

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Post by nouveaux » Wed, Dec 01, 2021, 12:12 AM UTC

worik wrote: post #175

nouveaux wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"But Honda know a lot about making cars. Tesla tried to disrupt the entire process. This is where hubris gets you " Can you clarify why disrupting the process is hubris? There has been many historical examples of outsiders coming in and improving old processes in many fields. Why is it hubris to disrupt the car manufacturing processes?

1. I am a tech guy who builds computer systems 2. I can comppletely retool car making, * from base principals * because I am very smart (see 1.) That is hubris Does not always fail. Usually does. Betting on hubris to fail is probably a good strategy (I reckon - I do not know)

It is very common for disruption to happen with cross disciplines. It seems to me that it worked in this case with a software dev going into the auto industry.

Re: 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed

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Post by jjav » Wed, Dec 01, 2021, 4:36 AM UTC

tdhz77 wrote: post #101

shituonui wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PHEVs make more sense to me anyway. For the majority of trips they run off the battery which makes them just as good as a BEV, but they have no problems with range and they are a whole lot cheaper.

Range isn’t an issue for anybody who has owned an EV. Your behavior changed when you got an iPhone and you moved on with your life. Same thing here.

> Range isn’t an issue for anybody who has owned an EV.

I've owned (well, leased) two EVs. Range was definitely something to be closely monitored at all times and trips planned around it, which I classify as an "issue" since I had to worry about it so much.