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I sure wish ride-hailing apps would let you specify "no Teslas".
Obviously some people don't have much choice where there isn't anything else, but if they have the choice, I never understand why anybody would pay that amount of money for a taxi. If possible, you can also avoid those capitalistic companies by using local transit.
My local transit agency has trains and buses, but no Teslas. They are also charging exponentially less than a taxi that's backed by equity firms. And much safer than cars. All cars.
Public transit is basically non-existent for most of the United States.
Do you mean on the entire territory or just in cities? Because some states have an urbanization percentage of around 90%. I.E.: most people live in cities or suburbs.
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Austin, Charlotte, San Francisco, Seattle, Jacksonville, Denver, Washington, Boston, Detroit, Portland, Baltimore. That's like 35 million people, that have no public transit? I can believe that public transit is shitty in some of those cities, and most certainly in a lot of the suburbs, but all of them? Do people hail Ubers in rural areas?
I've been watching some American YouTube channels about transit, like Miles in Transit, and one Adam that goes to national parks using public transit, and it appears that there is at least some public transit in the US. But just like where I live, people are dependent on cars and prefer to call a taxi than take public transit.
There is public transit where I live, because I moved here for this reason. A bus from the airport (soon to be a metro, finally) is $12 CAD and it includes all other forms of transit in the city; trains, metros and buses. An Uber ride from the airport to downtown is between $20 and $40 CAD. Yet, people hail their private chauffeurs and continue to claim that "there's no public transit".
Public transit in LA sucks. It probably does in other cities that I haven't tried it in as well, but just being an urban area in the US doesn't mean that there's decent public transit.
Public transit in the US was purposefully gutted to force the adoption of cars, with many transit lines being replaced by highways or car centric infrastructure.
The Boston metro (more of a light rail), referred to as the T, is rated as the 3rd best public transit system in the US, despite the frequent fires and breakdowns caused by a lack of maintenance on vehicles that haven't been replaced since the 70s or 80s due to being majorly underfunded. 100 years ago, the T was twice the size it is today, and a connection of one of the lines in Boston proper is now done by shuttle bus.
The number one and two spots in quality public transit are held by the bus lines in Seattle and Washington D.C., respectively. Public train lines effectively don't exist as there are no government owned tracks in the country. Amtrak, the public train line, has to run on freight rail under contract with the various companies that own the rails along the way and is never on schedule because they have to stop and let freight go by due to said contracts. All the companies that were started to bring high-speed rail to the US were bought up by car companies or the fossil fuel industry and immediately shut down. The cities of Boston and NYC at one point had planned to build a direct high-speed rail connection between the two cities that would have dramatically cut down travel time compared to any other form of transit, but that never went anywhere.
My hometown has a few bus lines with maybe ten stops each and no connecting stops between them, and a single coach line that's a direct stop at Logan Airport, which is probably 2 hours away depending on the traffic (probably an hour and change if you were to drive yourself instead). If you want to get anywhere else, your options are taxi services, rideshare, or driving.
Public transportation is so bad in the US that cars are culturally seen as a major sign of independence and the ability to choose for oneself. Getting your driver's license is seen as a major growth point because it's often the first time that people have the ability to go wherever they want without getting a ride from their parents.
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In summary, never buy a Tesla.
The CEO is a bona fide nazi, and the board will stop at nothing to pay him a trillion dollars.
The vehicle will incinerate you at a time of its choosing.
Holy fuck this is all arguably not hyperbolic, satirical, nor seen as extreme.
Too ridiculous for fiction. Except P.K. Dick I guess.
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Makes you wonder if this is just another case of deregulation driving up its body count, or if a certain Nazi is acting out his oven fetish.
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This has happened before, and nothing seems to be done about it. 🤷♂️
If a person has so little self preservation as to buy one at this point, maybe this is free market regulating itself?
This is how I know, 100% no shadow of a doubt, TSLA is being highly illegally manipulated.
All in TSLQ and still waiting, maybe forever.. bottom line is either reality prevails and I make a LOT of money, or shit is rigged so bad we have no future anyway.
Godspeed to you. I was convinced of the same thing a couple of years ago and lost my ass shorting that stock. Turns out, the market can stay manipulated for a long fucking time because there's no regulatory body that actually gives a shit.
As the old adage goes, the market can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent
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How do people buy these things. I've seen entire car ranges written off for decades, for way less than, might lock you in and burn you alive. I don't get it.
Can anyone offer a good faith explanation of why they thought electronically controlled doors would be a good design choice?
Because American consumers are obsessed with pointless gadgetry, and bullshit sells cars.
I hate electronics in cars.
Efi and abs. Thats all anyone needs. Roll downs, manual, no screen, no digital gauge shit.
Sadly thats illegal to build now. And why cars cost so much.
I don't mind electronics out of hand, but I don't want my car to automatically be a data source for the manufacturer and remote control should be impossible, or at the very least something the owner can disable.
Unfortunately, neither is true of my 2019 Chevy Volt. Maybe my next EV.
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Moreover, how long will it take for US auto regulators to ban them the way China already has?
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Pretty sure it's unironically just that it looks futuristic and is cheaper or something. It's one of those things where there's not too much to it, it's just a dumb design.
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Poor kids :(
Is it because rescuers couldn’t open the doors or because the victims were in a death trap designed by a moron?
Dont forget the windows are also laminated, so you can't just shatter them.
Sounds very safe..
That is true, but laminated side windows are not unique to Tesla. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28422725/car-windows-glass-aaa-unbreakable/
Do other unbreakable windows also come on vehicles where people routinely can't figure out how to open the door?
I think it's the combo of the two that's (preventable) problematic.
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Standards exist for a reason. Sometimes low(er)-tech is better and you don't need to reinvent the wheel.
If a Tesla sets itself on fire, does the FBI still consider that terrorism?
Terrorism is only when you hurt the Führer’s feelings or don’t sufficiently fellate the memory of one of his nazi pals.
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Ah so that’s why they’re paying Elon billions. Such business acumen. Such fantastic products.
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I hate fly-by-wire. I always will. It's just bad.
We used to prank the guy in HS who's parent bought him a BMW by putting a laminated card between his pedal cluster and the contact.
It's trash.
Drive by wire - where the accelerator pedal is connected to the throttle electronically - is separate from these electronic doors with hidden and nonintuitive "emergency" interior release handles.
There's nothing wrong with a drive by wire accelerator.
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remember his robotaxis automatically identifies and locks on to children like a missile, and runs them over.
So if I'm understanding correctly, the windows on this car were made of transparent aluminum, not glass.
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I saw a Hyundai the other day that has these recessed door handles and I remember the reason Tesla gave for them is that they improve aerodynamics, and therefor 'fuel' efficiency... but I wonder if the weight from the additional motors and such needed for these handles negate any gains seen from improved aerodynamics?
Check your fuel economy driving with the windows cracked, and then with a bag of sand in the trunk. I’d bet on the windows being less efficient.
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I did nazi that coming woaaOOOOOOoooohhhhh flappy arms :O
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