The interior of Tesla feels plastic and amateur for it's price range, no one outside of the cult says nice stuff about their frame either: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-model-3-design-profit...
That's a rather strong statement! Do you have any source for it?
> most people who actually enjoy driving prefer ICE
I don't know where you got that idea from--a quick survey of google results for "Model S review" gives me the opposite impression: It has a "fun-to-drive nature" [1], "it’s addictively fast" [2], "fast and great to drive" [3]. The only negative quote I could find was that it "can certainly hack the pace, but it doesn’t bring much sporting engagement" [4], about the 2013 version before any improvements (not that I know they changed the reviewers opinion).
> no one outside of the cult says nice stuff
If I was being uncharitable I might say it seems you're in a different, but equally dogmatic cult.
[1] https://www.caranddriver.com/tesla/model-s
[2] https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/tesla/model-s
[3] https://www.motortrend.com/news/2013-motor-trend-car-of-the-...
Most people buy things based on marketing.
> most people who actually enjoy driving prefer ICE
Did you just make that up? It sounds a lot like gatekeeping.
> it feels like driving a big go-kart
That's a big plus for some.
> no one outside of the cult says nice stuff about their frame either: [link]
The linked article is content marketing for a teardown consultant who wasn't privy to tradeoffs made during the design process.
There is a difference between buying Channel products based on marketing and buying your power tools based on marketing. The difference is that one is marketing for actual spec and durability the other for status and gimmicks or worst outright lies.
> Did you just make that up? It sounds a lot like gatekeeping.
The sales number speaks for it self, along with TSLA Financial Results.
>> it feels like driving a big go-kart and handles rather poorly.
> That's a big plus for some.
Not sure what you're getting at, people who would not buy low range and specially lower performance cars somehow would prefer go-kart like feeling and handling?
> The linked article is content marketing for a teardown consultant who wasn't privy to tradeoffs made during the design process.
Calling Munro a marketing consultant is a poor effort.
So I looked at all the viable cars, my summer house is 440 km from here and I would like to be able to get there in an emergency on one charge and I have a big cat that needs room + family. I've been saying for years that I want an electric but I want a "real" car maker to build a proper one. So now we are here with two new competitors.
The I-Pace has too short range and too little space. The E-tron has too short range and too little space. In the end the model x was the only viable one for my criteria.
My biggest counter before to the tesla was the build quality, but after inspecting several model x and testing them, it is noting like the old model s versions with rattling windows etc. It actually feels like a nice car.
Is there assesment available of full environmental impact of an ICE vs electric car in a country like US (with a certain mix of green and non-green sources of electricity)? Generally, more stuff goes into an EV, so the production is probably higher impact - I wonder how the all-inclusive numbers look like.
Tesla doesn't even do any traditional marketing. They are selling hundreds of thousands of cars mostly by word of mouth and wildly enthusiastic owners spreading the love. I believe Tesla is also the highest rated car by owner satisfaction?