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Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I bought a plug-in hybrid last week. I'd have gotten a pure EV, but I take road trips sometimes, and I don't want to rely on the patchy changing network in the US.

Another factor is that I rent a house, and there's already one EV to charge at 120V. The wiring can't really handle a second charger, and I didn't want to always be fighting over it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, charging is the main reason I skipped a Tesla 4-5 yrs ago and went for the Benz. Thought chargers were getting more ubiquitous and available enough for me to give it a shot this time around, but all these Tesla layoffs got me second-guessing that