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I've posted about this before, but the reason EA is such a horror show is due to their history. EA was created basically as government-mandated punishment against Volkswagen for dieselgate. So it's not that surprising that they didn't feel incentivized to deliver a great product.

Compare that to the Supercharger network, where providing a great experience is a huge selling point for Teslas.

I might despise Musk, and I'm not a fan of Tesla lately, but you do really have to hand it to them: they were prescient and put in all the hard work of building out the best fast charging network, so good for them for reaping the benefits.

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> EA was created basically as government-mandated punishment against Volkswagen

I didn't know that. Do you have some documentation about that. Would be fun reading material for the holidays

> I might despise Musk, and I'm not a fan of Tesla lately, but you do really have to hand it to them: they were prescient and put in all the hard work of building out the best fast charging network, so good for them for reaping the benefits.

Same boat club.

The Wikipedia pages for EA and the VW emissions scandal give a good overview with linked sources. As part of the consent decree, VW had to put $2 billion into EA.

> I might despise Musk, and I'm not a fan of Tesla lately

I’m getting sick of this tiptoeing in every thread that mentions Tesla. No ones going to come to your house and beat you if you say something positive, un-hedged, about Tesla

That's not the reason I mention it. So often with any discussion about Tesla's fortunes you get ardent fanboys and detractors, who appear to be arguing much more from a tribal perspective than from an unbiased consideration of the facts. Thus, the reason I mention it is to emphasize that I'm not a Tesla fanboy, yet, from solely an objective perspective, I think their work here is deserving of praise.

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