Definitely an opinion piece and never claims otherwise. Still worth reading the whole thing imo. But I read this whole thread, so I realize my opinion is highly flawed
No, I've never met him.
Tesla is a corporation, not a person, and a relatively young one at that. Their management has changed just as often as the management of the average corporation and thus it is always in flux. Trying to say they will continue to make the same mistakes as in the past is a projection and a leap of faith I'm not willing to make. Remember, I'm not saying "Tesla can do no wrong", I'm just judging my experiences as an owner of two Tesla and, so far, I'm still estatic. I can't believe I was finally able to buy a car this good, it's my dream.
Regardless of my current ownership experience, I can judge current events without having to project past actions to know whether it's wright or wrong.
For example, there has much teeth gnashing recently about the price cuts. A few people think it's completely unfair that their neighbor can buy the same car they have for about $4,000 less. To that I say, BFD! A corporation has the right to adjust pricing to market conditions as often as they like. The purchase/sale agreement I have from September 2018 does not become null and void because Tesla chose to lower prices. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, people who think they are owed something by Tesla. To which I say "Grow up"!
Maybe if they start their own car company and proceed to make a car as nice as the Model 3, then they can set the price as they see fit and hold it there forever (or else provide refunds to all earlier purchasers). And to those who say they shouldn't be able to buy options that are not developed yet, I say "Then don't buy them". At some point people have to take full responsibility for their actions and stop blaming thee "big bad wolf" who made them do it.
Well, he's not perfect but I'll take him over Bob Lutz any day of the week!
The Tesla being shining example of transparency, you would think provide the details to dispell this, rght?
Well, you just did the opposite claim without any supported evidence, did not you?
I just extended your argument that rate limiting is good, nowhere I claimed 90-packs were rate limited to 20kW, though.
Of course there is a better method. you watch the battery closely and when it tarts showing signs of excessive degradation, you do something about it, not just introduce a charge counter with an arbitrary limit - this is the same approach Apple did with their product and you think Apple is in the wrong and Tesla is in the right here?
Nowhere did I say it should have been done under warranty though, and I even mentioned battery degradation is not covered on s/x, but you now try and throw shade on my argument implying I asked for the in-warranty replacements of those packs?
Yeah, they are just a big greedy incompetent company that happens to have good products that are often crippled by poor QA and such. "Love my Tesla, BUT ..." is a meme now for a reason, you know.
The Tesla being shining example of transparency, you would think provide the details to dispell this, rght?
In reality they use same chemistry on the 3 as they do on the S/X, just different formfactor (or so I think, anyway, Tesla does not really say one way or the other, do they?) and it's a well known fact S/X batteries of later chemistries degrade faster than the 85-chemistries. Extensive testing was performed and I even linked you to a thread where this was discussed amongst other things (of course Tesla does not publish such research beause they are so transparent).
Well, you just did the opposite claim without any supported evidence, did not you?
I just extended your argument that rate limiting is good, nowhere I claimed 90-packs were rate limited to 20kW, though.
Of course there is a better method. you watch the battery closely and when it tarts showing signs of excessive degradation, you do something about it, not just introduce a charge counter with an arbitrary limit - this is the same approach Apple did with their product and you think Apple is in the wrong and Tesla is in the right here?
Nowhere did I say it should have been done under warranty though, and I even mentioned battery degradation is not covered on s/x, but you now try and throw shade on my argument implying I asked for the in-warranty replacements of those packs?
BTW as the 3 owner you must know that battery degradation IS covered on the 3, right? Why are you spreading FUD that Tesla does not cover battery degradation when they clearly do?
Yeah, they are just a big greedy incompetent company that happens to have good products that are often crippled by poor QA and such. "Love my Tesla, BUT ..." is a meme now for a reason, you know.
Here's reality for you...
I don't ignore it, I'm naturally a critical thinker and trust has to be earned. If Tesla had made you suspicious, that is your perogitive.
I'm glad I'm not overly suspicious, I would have missed out on the best two cars I've ever had the pleasure of driving and owning.
Having dealt with a spectacular runaround trying to get Tesla to give me a VIN so that I could get insurance in NY (Tesla was demanding insurance in order to give me a VIN)... back in 2012... I sort of expected much of Tesla's worst behavior. After 7 years of customer communications disasters, Musk finally recognized that it was a problem. Slow learner in some ways.
