In a video documenting his experience, Entrepreneur Thomas Remo picked up his £64815.22 ($82,000) electric vehicle (EV) in Irvine, California. Remo’s excitement turned sour when the truck “broke not even six inches off the lot” and “failed another 30 times” throughout the first day.

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    6 months ago

    “Do I believe all the reports of terrible build and quality control issues? Or ignore reality because muski made a new I you just have to have”

    Why buy Tesla. Shitty cars made by a shitty man

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    6 months ago

    Even aside from Tesla’s shittiness, there’s no way in Hell I’d ever drive a steer-by-wire car from any manufacturer even if you paid me.

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    6 months ago

    Caused by a steering failure that limited vehicle speed to 4mph…

    While steer-by-wire systems promise benefits like improved handling, potential downsides include increased maintenance costs. More importantly, as Remo’s experience shows, any glitch in the system could lead to a complete loss of control.

    He’s lucky it happened immediately and not half an hour later in traffic.

    But this is what happens when you do zero quality control.