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Tesla scraps its plan for a $25,000 Model 2 EV (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

            
              why is wanting to sell direct shady?  You may have reasons to think this particular situation is, but the model is not inherently shady.  Meanwhile car sales from dealerships have a long standing and well deserved reputation for shadiness.  Surely not all are, but the sales model encourages it.  Many of us dread dealing with a dealer after experiencing shady sales practices, so are happy to try a different model and see if it will be different.  Certainly this was one of the only car purchases I’ve had where I didn’t feel dirty and abused.
Tesla’s chargers are standard.  Sure, they had to create their own since there was no standard at the time, but last year their cable and connector was accepted as a standard in the US and adopted by the majority of manufacturers
There is no monopoly on chargers, there is only Tesla installing more than everyone else, and making sure they work.  Now that most manufacturers are adopting that standard, their vehicles are becoming welcome on Tesla’s network
while you’re right that I don’t get the range that was on the sticker for my Tesla, this is “normal”:  my old Civic got 12mpg, my old Subaru got 21mpg, yet both were rated over 30.  How you use it makes a huge difference

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It would be better if direct sales were allowed, but unfortunately dealerships are required by law in almost all US states. The shady bit is how Tesla got one of the few exceptions and continues to be exempt despite being among the leading car manufacturers in the USA. All other leading manufacturers are required by state laws to sell their vehicles through dealerships.

Tesla's NCAS chargers only began to allow non-Teslas to use it from 2019, so this is kind of recent history in terms of car ownership and network coverage.