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Thinking about an EV? I would strong suggest avoiding a Tesla and picking another brand. (lemm.ee)
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CEO of Tesla and acting President-elect Musk is going on a neo-Nazi binge endorsing far right candidates instead of properly running the companies he's involved in such as Tesla.

In addition Tesla is considered one of the most unreliable car brands according to: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-placed-bottom-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings/

Moreover Tesla has the highest fatal accident rates of all car brands according to: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

Also there are privacy implications with using a car that could in theory spy on you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/

Now that more competent and establish brands are making EVs there's no reason to buy a Tesla if you want an EV. I'm not here to recommend another brand, I'm just here to tell you that your next EV should be anything other than a Tesla.

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[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 37 points 2 days ago

Nearly all modern cars are a privacy nightmare. That is not a valid reason to avoid Tesla in favor of a different modern car.

All the other points are spot on, though. Fuck Tesla and fuck the nazi shitbag that pretends to run it.

[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

So if all cars are privacy nightmares we'd have to pick the least bad option. Tesla is the worst option because you have a privacy nightmare plus it's ran by a guy who has a history of abusing his power by doing things like banning journalists on his "X" platform. Could he one day use the data collected by Tesla cars against someone he doesn't like?

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago

Don't let your (justified) dislike of Tesla dull your senses towards other automakers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

This is bad but Teslas are the wost offenders when it comes to Ipad on wheels. Which is to say I can garuntee theres a way to lobotomize nearly every car produced by the big three or the Japanese car companies the Europeans are a crapshoot though.

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Why the downvotes? Lemmy is weird.

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I think the indication here is that Musk has the potential to use that collected information to further his nefarious societal goals including potential targeting of individuals whilst the other manufacturers are purportedly using that data only for monetary gain. In that light Tesla’s data collection is not the same, thus the downvotes for OP.

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Ha, seems some others offer data for free 😵‍💫

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

That makes sense. Albeit we are afraid of Chinese vehicles and any electronics because of that. Plus you don't realy know when data from others ends up. But yes, Musk is indeed an additional factor in ease of data abuse.

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