My wife insisted on replacing her leased Ford F150 Lariat with a Tesla Model Y.
As an engineer, I continue to be impressed with the quality and content of this fine machine! The article is correct…the Tesla is built from the ground up as an integrated platform. Over the air software updates eliminate 90% of the return to dealer work.
This vehicle is more than transportation, it is an integrated platform. I wish we could afford a Cyber Truck, but I am grateful for the Model Y!
All the things he thought were cool to me are good reasons not to buy a Tesla. I don’t want to have to carry a cellphone to start my car. Nor do I want everything on a touch screen. I want to be able to reach and touch a button or dial I can operate without looking at it while driving. That’s even becoming a bigger issue with regular cars. Using a touch requires taking your eyes off the road. Not a good thing when driving. I don’t want to charge my car overnight, I want to be able to fill it up in 5-6 minutes, and I want to be able to drive 400 miles without stopping for 45 minutes twice.
I own an electric riding lawn mower and love it, but I want a real car that can do real car stuff well.