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Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by buffington »

pton_xd wrote: post #47
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After owning a Model Y for a year I have to say -- it's the best car I've ever had. Comfortable ride, the visibility with the cameras is great, amazing all-weather traction. It's freakin' fast. The voice-to-navigate works nearly 99% of the time which, given my experiences with Alexa and Siri, is quite impressive. All the usual EV caveats apply though. Being able to charge at home is a must. Living in a cold weather s…

On impulse a few years ago I decided to drive our Model 3 on a multi-state road trip that'd take us through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, up through Oregon, then back to Colorado instead of our perfectly fine ICE car. I use the car mostly for local, sub-50 mile drives, which it excels at, and never considered it as a road trippable car (less because of the powertrain and more because of lack of road trips in general).

I have zero regrets about picking the EV at the last minute, and would 100% make this choice again. I assumed, like I imagine most people do, that having to wait while charging would be a deal breaker. I quickly learned to love the wait though. It makes long road trips so much more comfortable when you take a break every 6 hours that's long enough to go for a walk or take a nap.

I could employ that strategy with an ICE car, sure, but if I compare my ICE to my EV, the differences between the two in terms of comfort, functionality, and cost of operating put the EV way out ahead of the ICE.

Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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buffington wrote: post #291
pton_xd wrote: post #47

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After owning a Model Y for a year I have to say -- it's the best car I've ever had. Comfortable ride, the visibility with the cameras is great, amazing all-weather traction. It's freakin' fast. The voice-to-navigate works nearly 99% of the time which, given my experiences with Alexa and Siri, is quite impressive. All the usual EV caveats apply though. Being able to charge at home is a must. Living in a cold weather s…

On impulse a few years ago I decided to drive our Model 3 on a multi-state road trip that'd take us through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, up through Oregon, then back to Colorado instead of our perfectly fine ICE car. I use the car mostly for local, sub-50 mile drives, which it excels at, and never considered it as a road trippable car (less because of the powertrain and more because of lack of road trips in ge…

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Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by dang »

bilvar wrote: post #225
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Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly—not just in this thread, but in many threads, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42058962 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41853161 . We have to ban account that post like this, so if you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when…

I wish you were that meticulous with your ideological brethren as well. You don't have to ban anyone, you simply choose to ban people based on your personal preferences and/or which side of the bed you woke up today. And that's alright as this is a privately owned site, but stop with the hypocrisy please.

I understand why it feels that way, but it's not true. I have no idea what your ideological preferences are. Whatever they are, I promise you we've banned lots of people you disagree with, just the same as we've banned people who are on your side. We're not interested in sides here.

Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by cbeach »

peutetre wrote: post #287
cbeach wrote: post #283

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> The white supremacy stuff is just trash though. That's not "tribes", it's unacceptable. Are you really branding Elon Musk a "white supremacist?" Based on what? Some ill-advised retweet of a crank on Twitter?

The "but that's not the real Musk" game doesn't work anymore. They aren't "ill-advised" retweets. They are who and what he is. Increasingly they are all he is. Musk is the crank on Twitter. Musk spends all day, every day showing you who and what he is. Believe him. Here are two exercises for you: 1. Musk is keen on criticizing many governments, both foreign and domestic. Can you find for me a single criticism of the…

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Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by peutetre »

cbeach wrote: post #294
peutetre wrote: post #287

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The "but that's not the real Musk" game doesn't work anymore. They aren't "ill-advised" retweets. They are who and what he is. Increasingly they are all he is. Musk is the crank on Twitter. Musk spends all day, every day showing you who and what he is. Believe him. Here are two exercises for you: 1. Musk is keen on criticizing many governments, both foreign and domestic. Can you find for me a single criticism of the…

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Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by bdangubic »

mbesto wrote: post #276
bdangubic wrote: post #229

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The average consumer doesn't understand that their car gets less range over time after use. right, the average consumer never owned anything which runs on a battery before and those rare folk that might have owned like a cellphone surely think that cars have MAGIC batteries which unlike every other battery they have ever owned is going to be rock n roll for decades

Cellphones didn't previously run on gasoline.

you used to have to roll the windows down with your hand but people are somehow managing to push the bottom now to do the same :)

Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by dang »

peutetre wrote: post #295
cbeach wrote: post #294

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If you keep breaking the site guidelines like this, we're going to have to ban you. We've already asked you more than once not to.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by dang »

cbeach wrote: post #294
peutetre wrote: post #287

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The "but that's not the real Musk" game doesn't work anymore. They aren't "ill-advised" retweets. They are who and what he is. Increasingly they are all he is. Musk is the crank on Twitter. Musk spends all day, every day showing you who and what he is. Believe him. Here are two exercises for you: 1. Musk is keen on criticizing many governments, both foreign and domestic. Can you find for me a single criticism of the…

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Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by peutetre »

dang wrote: post #298
cbeach wrote: post #294

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Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re: Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

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Post by cbeach »

dang wrote: post #298
cbeach wrote: post #294

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Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Okay, dang, my bad - I should never have replied to the comment in the first place.
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