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I keep looking for the next EV to buy but every one that I test drive seems lacking, mostly in the software area. Tesla has the software nailed and nobody else can seem to figure it out. I recently drove a Rivian R1S and really liked it, but the software was not great (for a $100K car) and it really disappointing me.
I really feel like Tesla does great work but their leader needs to go. He's smeared the name so badly that I fear it might never recover.
I don’t see how Tesla could even dissociate with him, he owns the board and would have to divest also. I think the only path back is if people forget, conservatives suddenly like EVs, or they strike gold with the robots or something.
But also it’s not hyperbole, though I agree it sounds like it.
Association comes in different strengths and forms. But currently owned and operated by a guy actively destroying my country is much more direct and urgent than most of these associations.
But the larger point is that it seems correct that the only people willing to buy a Tesla anymore have conservative politics.