stevelup wrote:By the time the Tesla Model 3 is widely available, the Germans will be on the cusp of delivering 'proper' electric vehicles.
I have no interest in Tesla. Apart from the electric powertrain, they are inferior in every possible way to the current generation of European cars.
Production ramp-up targets are expected to hit 5000 a week by December and 8000 a week not long after.
Given that nothing happens in the European car industry during the summer, they have 12 weeks to get themselves all tooled up, procurement supply chain primed and space at dealerships etc. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Not that I'm in the market for a car - and having never been in a Tesla- is it just Tesla that are inferior, or US cars in general? Honest question!
Car stuff is often subjective- my wife for instance refused point blank to drive my Gen ii Prius, for no rational reason. She didn't like the looks, and in the 45 min stop start nose to tail traffic she did twice a day if I were her I'd have much preferred the "dodgem car" style go faster and go slower simplicity of the Prius rather than the constant gear shifting she does.
TBH I'll look at a Tesla in a couple of years once my present company car has fully depreciated. The major European volume manufacturers don't deserve my money - the whole Dieselgate saga has done nothing to improve my already low opinion of them as Corporate entities.
Low pollution was a very large part of my buying decision when I bought my VW powered diesel Seat Alhambra. I could have saved myself at least 20% by going with a "dirtier" Ford s-max, but I wanted to do my bit for the environment.
Even now they keep lying. According to them, the "fix" has no impact. Horlicks. My engine now has the distinct "diesel rattle" that most definitely wasn't there prior. It is unimaginable their engineers haven't noticed these things.
I spent 10 years of my life rebuilding and repairing cars (passionate hobbyist mechanic-useless at bodywork but mechanically certainly more proficient than your average socket set cowboy at the local garage), probably switched out about 50 or so engines, tuned dozens more (often "by ear" - most advanced kit I had was a tach strobe, fancy multimeter and at the end a cheapo emissions meter). I know my engine is noisier since the "fix" and my fuel consumption has gone up. It's not my imagination. I don't really care about that, I do care that I was lied to, am still being lied to - and that the Yanks get compensation but us in Europe get diddly-squat, and are having to club together, get very expensive lawyers and sue the fokkers.
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