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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Thinking about an EV? I would strong suggest avoiding a Tesla and picking another brand. (lemm.ee)

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CEO of Tesla and acting President-elect Musk is going on a neo-Nazi binge endorsing far right candidates instead of properly running the companies he's involved in such as Tesla.

In addition Tesla is considered one of the most unreliable car brands according to: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-placed-bottom-consumer-reports-reliability-rankings/

Moreover Tesla has the highest fatal accident rates of all car brands according to: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/

Also there are privacy implications with using a car that could in theory spy on you: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/massive-trove-of-tesla-files-contains-thousands-of-safety-complaints/

Now that more competent and establish brands are making EVs there's no reason to buy a Tesla if you want an EV. I'm not here to recommend another brand, I'm just here to tell you that your next EV should be anything other than a Tesla.

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[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What are some of the issues they have? Pretty much the only thing I know about the ioniq 5 is that it won EV of the year so it's gotta be pretty decent!

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think it varies. I've owned a Volt, Bolt, two Teslas. My friend has two Rivians. My other friend has a Bolt. My manager has an Ioniq 5.

None of us have had any issues at all. Obviously YMMV.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Save some EVs for the rest of us, damn. I've owned two cars in my life and I'm 41.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm 28 and on car #5, but most of them were beaters.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Both of mine were used when I bought them but I've got a lot out of them. I still have one. I guess to be fair I should mention there was about eight years in there where I had no car because I couldn't afford one.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

can visit https://www.reddit.com/r/Ioniq5/ and you’ll see

so far i’ve seen older models are vulnerable to being easy to steal, smaller 12v battery drain issue if you don’t drive the car for a bit, the even older models have a water coolant recall, etc

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think non-full ICE cars in general have a big 12v drain if not driven for a while. My 2018 Prius does this and it’s just a mild hybrid.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

yep was surprising to see, one guy mentioned he didn’t drive it for a full week and it got drained and required a jump start :/

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My issues aren’t anything like the major issues that others are mentioning. I’ve never heard anything about it being easy to steal, I haven’t had the 12v issues. No, mine are just minor annoyances.

the cruise control will completely disable if you get the smallest amount of ice on the front sensors.
if there’s ice on the front sensors, the parking sensors go off like crazy when you slow down to under 10mph. I recently learned you can turn the beeping off, but it only stays off for like 30 seconds.
no wireless CarPlay, inexcusable honestly, especially since the car has wireless charging. What’s the point of the wireless charger if you have to plug in anyway.
red turn signals. Also inexcusable. I hate it when companies refuse to do the safer thing with one of the most preventable things that causes accidents.
the direction for things is weirdly reversed, e.g. next song is up on the steering wheel button. But volume up is also up. So only one thing is reversed.
the tire kit comes pre-exploded for you. Expect to take the car back to the dealer to get this replaced within 6 months. It’s been fine since then.
US version is just shittier than the European versions in general. No orange turn signals, no drawer console, I think there are a few more things.
when in cruise control and you turn it off, whatever regen setting you had when you turned cruise control on will resume. This can cause a huge lurch if you aren’t actively accelerating when turning cruise control off. And when switching between regen modes, my wife feels a lurch so I literally can’t use them at all when she’s in the car, even though I don’t feel anything. So what happens is I leave it in whatever regen setting it is in when starting and then I have this issue when using cruise control.

I think there’s like one or two more things, but overall the car is fucking fantastic so I love it. But like I said, every car has things you don’t like about it.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I also don’t like that the backup “lights” are… not lights. They don’t help you see what’s behind you at all, they just kinda sorta indicate that you’re going to be backing up.

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are cartoonishly easy to steal, which has been my only hesitation in buying one.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Where did you hear that?