Comments by "" (@mrpmj00) on "Bloomberg Technology" channel.

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  13. I'm so glad that I did the test drive to find out that it wasn't for me because I would have hated to be stuck with it. I test drove the Model 3 with awd and I'll pass. PRO: peppy CON: - Time filling up at a gas station (weekly) versus the time to plug and unplug EVERY DAY. - Phone bluetooth doesn't work reliability and limited integration functionality. - When the car's value depreciates close to the cost of a replacement battery at $12k-$20k, that's when it's worthless. - Navigation ETA is incorrect compared to Apple Map and Google Map on a smartphone. - Navigation locks up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APgD9hVzBdA - fast chargers shorten battry life. - Even the Tesla boards are inundated with bad reviews and complaints.? https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threadloom/search - if multiple charging units are in use at the same time, the charge to each unit can drop as much as 50%. - inconsistent charging time can take an hour longer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY1MFwU30Qk - Chris Harris review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHhZ9jk-DrU&t=1s - tires wear out quicker than ICE cars because batteries are 1000 lbs heavier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLOBeTfGlU4? - higher insurance - unreliable new battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcPEFVI8zZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2YnUiOkwU - Not fun because it's driving you with all the computer nannies, you're not driving it. - Stiff suspension, more stiff than even my C7 Corvette Stingray. Too stiff especially for a luxury sedan compared to Mercedes and Lexus. Tesla's tire pressure is at 45-50psi because of the weight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2aKrRysye0 - GM supercruise beats Mercedes, which beats Tesla Autopilot. http://www.thedrive.com/tech/17083/the-battle-for-best-semi-autonomous-system-tesla-autopilot-vs-gm- supercruise-head-to-head - Tesla autopilot is not ready and kills its drivers https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/business/joshua-brown-technology-enthusiast-tested-the-limits-of-his- tesla.html?_r=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JXRKMRNJlQv=DfRo0fLOeKM - Noisy interior, road noise, brakes Noisy interior (you can hear it in the video at 5:30 minutes - 5:40 minutes.)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDhDftYhMTU - Door handles get hot and can burn you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3UYMi5T-yg - glass roof gets hot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAF4JEUFqvo How to reduce noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGRBtwzsh9 - rusty brake rotors - panel gaps, panels not ligning up. - paint imperfections - In the parking garage, steering wheel was heavy and felt almost like no power steering. - Hate Tesla's regenerative braking, felt like I slammed on the brakes abruptly and hard every time I took my foot off the throttle. Risk of getting rear-ended. Gets fatiguing holding your foot so lightly on the throttle in an attempt to maintain speed. Without regenerative brakes, your foot gets to rest while you're coasting. Lawsuit: http://www.lemonlawcourt.com/tesla-regenerative-braking-lawsuit/ - freebie only comes in black color, other colors are +$2k - freebie only comes with 18 inch steel wheels and hub caps, aluminum wheel is +$2k - charger parts&labor +$2k - Hate giant ugly tablet as the center console - tiny fonts for P/D/N/R - to get black seats, you get ugly geezer woodgrain dashboard - even with tax credit, you still have to pay tax on that amount. - don't like to look to the side to see my speedometer - speedometer number font is tiny? - No Apple Carplay - No sunroof - Teach others how to use the door handle inside and outside. Human-user interface suck. - Ergonomics suck. Instead of a button to press once to do something, I have to clicks several menus and read the choices. Can't turn a knob or button by feel and have to take my eyes off the road, rotate my head, and read. OTHER CONS: - depreciate very fast - You're also paying tax on the amount of the federal incentives, yet you're only getting back the federal incentives. - if Tesla corporate don't like you they can remotely stop the car, big brother is watching - EV introduces 1 BIG problem that we never have to think about before: RANGE ANXIETY!? - Tesla idle fee charges you more if your car's done charging : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKP44vGFrlU - I'm skeptical about the radiation safety of sitting on top of that many lithium batteries.? A smartphone battery is 2inches by 2inches, while a tesla battery is the entire car footprint between the axles and several inches tall. That's a hell of a lot more radiation on YOUR nuts. - There are numerous paid advertisers that were given free cars in exchange for glorified reviews.? - Fires https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQVzW63ZWxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eFM9JJMH_0 - Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrmoyuuaNc - long repair times (1 year): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7bQ8FKdpCQ - boring, no soul - woodgrain dashboard is geezer style - if u forget to charge and the battery completely dies (bricked), you have to tow it to a Tesla dealer to get it working. - hot climates drain the battery - cold weather affects the nondrive motors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZIbU5Xtk40 - takes longer for parts if in an accident - cold weather drops battery range by 40% - Range anxiety. I have to plan ahead for refueling (itineraries). Never had to think about this with combustion cars. - superchargers aren't always enroute so your trip will take longer. - With more Model 3 on the road than before, Tesla service or bodyshop is going to have a long backlog wait times. - With more Model 3 on the road hogging up charging stations, you'll have to add the wait time for an available spot on top of your own charging time.? - safety: Elon musk said Tesla autopilot is decades away from being safe https://www.thestreet.com/investing/tesla-is-decades-away-from-full-self-driving-cars-14853271? puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo - safety car accidents: http://fortune.com/2018/10/31/tesla-model-s-autopilot-crash-lawsuit/ - electric cars are quiet so you're going to hear more other noises than in a combustion engine car engine which hides squeaks, rattles, brake calipers. - The Kona is a SUV which is more desirable to most people than the Tesla Model 3 which is a low car. - Parking range loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4U8eNTgNA 1 day ago - lithium batteries burn hot like napalm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgbmCSmSNY Rimac crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYHcgnyObY0 - Charging to >90% or going empty <30% kills the battery sooner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VLl_r6B1JY - Replacement battery costs $20k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VLl_r6B1JY - dead tesla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIAw0HXk5ww - Cleft lip face. - Automatic wipers suck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLYVZdEa2So
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  25. TESLA: There's only a 5 year world supply for lithium batteries (and Tesla is using up too much of that for the few , compared to how little a smartphone uses for everyone). Current electrical infrastructure can't supply the electricity to all homes. Powerlines contribute to forest fires. Lithium batteries are mined by African children. Lithium batteries create toxic disposal wastes. There needs to be a law that prioritizes lithium for smartphones over electric cars because cars have petroleum and hydrogen alternatives. Providing more lithium batteries for EV cars is just opening a can of worms because the electrical grid cannot support every house. Not everyone can or wants to incur the cost of solar panels (which from my friend's experience only lasted 7-10 years) I have 4 cars, 2 cars (kids' cars) are parked outside. A battery manufacturer should sell to the highest payer. Ford, GM, and VW have deep pockets and they can pay more for the batteries and put Tesla out of business. An electric truck makes no sense because tests have shown that the battery drains faster when it has to pull. Hydrogen vehicles make more sense in trucks than EV. Hydrogen vehicles fuel up in 5 minutes like gas cars and they have a 1000mpg range; EV you have to wait 45+ minutes (and you have to wait for the guy in front of you to finish his charging) THere isn't a plugin at every corner like a a gas station and the charge is 50 minutes+ (assuming you aren't waiting for the guy before you to finish his charging) Gas stations pay tax to maintain roads, EVs don't That would cause a lot of unemployment.
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  33. TESLA AND BITCOIN ARE PUMP AND DUMP Companies (Tesla, square) that can't collect payment in real fiat money are turning to collecting monopoly toy money like Bitcoin Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme. Bitcoin is bad as money. Imagine u offer to buy a house for $300k, at closing a week to a month later, bitcoin wildly fluctuates so either the buyer or seller is going to be PISSED OFF. WHAT STORE OF VALUE??? I DON'T understand the bitcoin craze. If someone wants to buy my house or car and wants to pay me with bitcoin, I'd say GO AWAY and don't come back until you bring cash or a cashier's check. Bitcoin and Tesla SPECULATION are gambling, not investing. The government needs to create a law that forbids companies from buying bitcoin. Bitcoin is not government insured if your money is stolen. Bitcoin is favored for illegal activities: druglords, money laundering, child porn, human trafficking, payments to Twitter hackers https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/technology/bitcoin-black-market.html https://www.reuters.com/article/crypto-currencies-criminals/criminals-getting-smarter-in- use-of-digital-currencies-to-launder-money-idUSKBN28J1IX https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-12-08/latin-american-crime-cartels- turn-to-crypto-to-clean-up-their-cash https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-department-proposes-new-requirements-on- cryptocurrency-transactions-11608329785 https://www.zdnet.com/article/btc-e-founder-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for- laundering-ransomware-funds/ https://beincrypto.com/29-million-in-bitcoin-seized-from-dutch-dark-web-money-launderers/ https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/09/13/scammers-are-now-selling-stolen-cash-for- bitcoin-on-the-dark-web/ The carbon footprint of mining and the over all control that China has over this system. Yes people, more than 60% of the mining power is located in china.
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