[Jeff Chandler]

A complicated product designed largely from scratch with leading edge technology has reliability problems. Whoulda thunkit?

[100American]

I started back in 76 on the Service side of Electronics, first copiers and then to IBM and Mainframes...

Service will get you every time..

DeLorean

And the mechanic is a nice guy but he drives it more than you

[ctdonath2]

Yup, not necessarily surprising.
Tesla nailed the manufacturing front end of the vehicle lifecycle.
These cars haven’t been around long enough to see how they age & die, which - apparently to the shock and delight of many - they will.
Musk will roll with it, learn accordingly, solve the problem, and continue disrupting the ICE vehicle industry.

I have an EV - very nice. Superior to normal cars in many ways. I’m just not sure yet - like Tesla - what the far end of the lifecycle is.

[BatGuano]

Very foolish to buy a car that can only drive 285 miles before an 8 hour charge. It is beautiful to look at, sit in and dream but a turn off because of price and range.
I visited a dealership in a fancy mall in Scottsdale, AZ in 2013 and they had a chassis on four wheels with just the battery and motors installed. The battery weighs 1600 pounds and extends from bumper to bumper. It is about 4 inches in thickness and almost covers the floor for the width of the car.
Their best features are no gas, no oil and no grease.

Don't count them out because with taxpayer paid government subsidies they will be around for a long time. Maybe longer than Solyndra.