Want To Avoid Buying An EV That’s Connected To Elon Musk? Buy These Instead

Also agree. I love my four-year old Model Y, but will replace it with something else.

Great episode. Mr Musk has forced me to go for a non-Tesla sedan next time.

I would never buy a Tesla, purely based on my dislike of Musk's antics of late. Irrelevant in the big picture, since I also can't possibly afford one (or even to insure one). I'm quite happy with my 2016 VW e-Golf. It's the right size for my needs, it's fun to drive, and its incredibly limited range (all of about 85 miles per charge) isn't a problem for my limited in-city driving. There's a car on the market for everyone and for every use case. The idea that Tesla is the best EV for everyone is simply incorrect.

Agree. This dude has changed. He's going from being the cool positive guy to an increasingly paranoid and irritable old man. Also he still runs Tesla as a start up company not a mature manufacturer. He has failed to ramp up service center support as sales have increased. so it's hard for people that have maintenance issues that can't be fixed with an over the air update to get timely appointments.

I agree with you 💯 I don't support musk products at all 😊

Whenever I comment on news articles about Tesla in the Washington Post, I point out to people that, whatever they think of Elon, to not apply that more broadly to EVs, since much of what's going on in EVs is not Tesla. Whenever they replace their next car, they should at least test drive an EV, since they would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn't. It's painful to say, but I think there's no doubt that Elon is hurting the Tesla brand.

When you were listing Elon's problematic statements/actions, I thought you were going to go farther back than just the last 4 weeks. 🤣I swear I'm at the point of, "Oh, great. So what is he going to do/say next Tuesday?"

Had to pause and rewind after the "babyfur peeking through its legs to say hewo" bit. Deep cut and hilarious

Anyone buying a Tesla in the UK now needs their head examining.

As a Brazilian EV driver, Tesla isn't really a choice for me. Here we have, however, a few Tesla's alternatives from China. My car is a little BYD Dolphin and it doesn't have competition from Tesla. We gotta love a compact hatchback with some grunt and efficiency for road trips, don't we?

I'd recommend an Ioniq5 over the model Y. Such a great car.

In early 2022 I rented a Tesla and absolutely loved how EVs drove. The next week I ordered a Model Y Performance. It arrived two weeks later. Installed a Level 2 48A charger and I was changed. I told my wife she should get an EV too. She already HATED Elon Musk and refused to get a Tesla. However she drove my car a couple of times and really loved how EVs drove. She wanted an Audi Q4, but they were not available, so she put in an order for an ID.4 in March 2022 which was due to arrive in August 2022. August came and no ID.4. We went to look at slightly used e-Tron and loved that car, so we bought it because my wife already sold her old car. The day after we went to an Audi dealer to connect the app to the e-Tron and the Q4 demos arrived right as we arrived. There was also 3 separate cars not allocated. We bought one. Now we had to choose which car to sell, the e-Tron or the Model Y. We sold the Model Y. We have been Elon Free for two years now and have no regrets about it.

So disappointed. Especially as a shareholder. A proper CEO needs to keep out of politics. Certainly they all have political views but they really need to be adults and keep their views as low profile as possible as to not alienate shareholders, fund managers, institutional funds that might divest (Harvard!) and more importantly, potential buyers of your product. Honestly, I don't think the Ketamine or whatever he is on is working.

Irrespective of all Elon's many other faults the way he has run Tesla in the last 2-3 years is just nuts. He's tried to cut costs in dumb ways while wasting increible amounts of money on the vanity project that was the Cybertruck and run the tesla "Semi" truck programme in a half assed way while legacy truck makers just got on with putting electric trucks into production and stole Tesla's lunch. Add totaly failing to keep Tesla's mainstream product range up to date styling wise , or expand it at all where it matters and the corporate car crash is complete.

I would definitely include the Ultium options as alternatives to the Model Y. The Cadillac LYRIQ and Chevy Blazer EV and Equinox EV are all very similar in size to the Model Y, with very similar feature sets, pricing, and range. For me, the fact that it's now possible for the average person to walk onto a Cadillac or Chevrolet dealership and drive off in one of those models makes them worthy of consideration.

I went from a Model S into a Lyriq and never looked back. Lyriq is more luxury with crossover convenience, without the air suspension, available in both rear or all wheel drive and doesn't show the age of a Model S ie. it's more driver friendly and refined. Good compromise all around although the Luxury 3 trim wasn't cheap and doesn't save money over Tesla.

i want to avoid buying ANYTHING connected to elon. no tesla, no powerwall, no solar roof, no starlink, no nothing, and not just because of the list at 1:39 but mainly because he supports the klump.

Thank you Nikki. Take care of yourself and your team.

As a Tesla Model Y owner, I stopped into a Cadillac dealer to ask about ordering the new Optiq model. I would rather do business with Mary Barra than Elon Musk.

Kudos or injecting morality into the buying process. Musk is a monster.