Topic: TESLA Model Y

[rrocket]

^^Nothing you posted changes the fact that, in 2020, that's shabby/questionable build in autodom.

[Ontariodriver]

^^Nothing you posted changes the fact that, in 2020, that's shabby/questionable build in autodom.

TESLA, doesn't make a decent car, just a car that can go long away on battery, and goes silly fast. If they don't get the act together soon, as more and more manufactures are going in this direction, they will loose market share. IMO. I wonder if at first it was fake news, any Y model owners here than can indeed confirm.

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/36274/tesla-model-y-owners-find-cooling-system-cobbled-together-with-home-depot-grade-fake-wood

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TESLA, doesn't make a decent car, just a car that can go long away on battery, and is goes silly fast

Riiight.   Million+ owners are wrong ?
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/22/tesla-model-3-owners-are-happiest-with-their-cars-at-all-ages-70-reasons-why/

My wife claims her Model S is the best car we've ever owned, and by a wide margin over the Mercedes SUV she traded for it.
Not a squeak, rattle or noise, 95% original battery capacity after 7.5 years and 140000 km, recent 1000 km road trip was flawless after car sat idle for 3 months.


Tesla makes amazing cars, and in cases like the above, Model Y metal bands adding additional load handling to the cooling system, the owner who reported the issue loves the car, it's amazing, his words.   The metal bands does not affect the running state or security of the vehicle, and it's likely Tesla will make a running change to add additional load carrying capacity to the cooler in a subsequent update that they will do inline.   

[Ontariodriver]

TESLA, doesn't make a decent car, just a car that can go long away on battery, and is goes silly fast

Riiight.   Million+ owners are wrong ?
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/22/tesla-model-3-owners-are-happiest-with-their-cars-at-all-ages-70-reasons-why/

My wife claims her Model S is the best car we've ever owned, and by a wide margin over the Mercedes SUV she traded for it.
Not a squeak, rattle or noise, 95% original battery capacity after 7.5 years and 140000 km, recent 1000 km road trip was flawless after car sat idle for 3 months.


Tesla makes amazing cars, and in cases like the above, Model Y metal bands adding additional load handling to the cooling system, the owner who reported the issue loves the car, it's amazing, his words.   The metal bands does not affect the running state or security of the vehicle, and it's likely Tesla will make a running change to add additional load carrying capacity to the cooler in a subsequent update that they will do inline.

Semantics, they score below average.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0r-vC-RHkU

https://www.driving.co.uk/news/american-survey-claims-tesla-build-quality-issues/#:~:text=ELECTRIC%20car%20company%20Tesla%20has,the%20first%20time%20in%202020.

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/tesla-model-3-loses-cr-recommendation-over-reliability-issues/

[rrocket]

Semantics, they score below average.

Or last....

[EV Dan]

"Your upgrade was successful" - the dash screen, probably 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pQe5DLuaq0&ab_channel=Bj%C3%B8rnNyland

^ someone who's driven every EV available in Europe (which is way more than we get in Canada)

Our 2013 Model S is the best vehicle we've owned, and for the price it should be, but it's so far above the experience in our previous Mercedes SUV (similar ownership cost) that my wife commented on this recently.  It's hard to explain the ownership of an EV if you are used to gas, the daily charging is a non issue and is in fact a good thing, starting each day with 350 km of range without thinking about stopping for gas.   We never even look at the gauge unless we're on a road trip.  It's just different, very different.

As for Tesla itself, love it or hate it, Tesla has forced the industry to accelerate making good EV's like Polestar, VW ID.3, etc.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

^^^So, still no comment on their atrocious build quality?

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^^^So, still no comment on their atrocious build quality?

I don't excuse poor workmanship, and agree it's ridiculous, scandalous even that a roof flew off a SINGLE new car.

Whereas our Tesla is superior in build quality than any vehicle we've ever owned.
7.5 years later the car doesn't squeak rattle or make any noise (except under heavy cornering  )
The interior, exterior and chassis is sparkling (mostly aluminum so no rust) clean and shows only normal wear.
The drive train is amazing, still gets 95% original range and accelerates like my old Z28, even after 7.5 years with NO tuning and NO maintenance (oil or anything else).

You mistake a few bad apples for the entire tree.   Tesla has the highest owner satisfaction, if all of their cars left the lot and blew a tire or the roof came off, they wouldn't be selling 140000 of them every 3 months while the global auto industry was in contraction.

People abandoned GM, Ford and Chrysler in the 1980's due to quality issues, and went to Japanese and European brands.   If the same thing happens to Tesla, it will be well deserved judging by your opinion, but what have we seen, the exact opposite so far, Tesla growing production by 30% to 50% YoY and having 14 days of inventory on hand compared to >100 days for industry peers.

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https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-giga-berlin-4680-cells-structural-battery-pack-confirmed-elon-musk/

Wow, just wow, Tesla going to next level on Berlin Model Y, worth a read. 

Highlights : what you saw on battery day will be beta tested (using language the Tesla bears here understand) on European customers first out of that factory, this is WAY more aggressive than I was expecting, personally I thought my Cybertruck would be proving these things in 2022 ... but Berlin will be first.

[rrocket]

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-giga-berlin-4680-cells-structural-battery-pack-confirmed-elon-musk/

Wow, just wow, Tesla going to next level on Berlin Model Y, worth a read. 

Highlights : what you saw on battery day will be beta tested (using language the Tesla bears here understand) on European customers first out of that factory, this is WAY more aggressive than I was expecting, personally I thought my Cybertruck would be proving these things in 2022 ... but Berlin will be first.

I read an article a few weeks ago saying they've been using them in test cars for "months" already....

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https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-y/2020/2020-tesla-model-y-dual-motor-long-range-first-test-review/

the Tesla is dead even with a V-8-powered 2020 Chevrolet Camaro SS. That's right, a five-passenger all-electric SUV hanging with a snarling, snorting Detroit muscle car. And this is the regular-strength Model Y, not even the Performance model.

the Long Range is a total bargain compared to anything else in the electric luxury SUV market. Jaguar, Audi, and Mercedes can't touch that pricing, and no one else is even fielding an entry at the moment

It's neither the best nor the worst performance we've ever seen from Autopilot, but it's closer to the best adaptive cruise control setups with self-steering lane-keep than the worst.

[Gurgie]

Just make a simple door mechanism that works...

https://youtu.be/HJ1tofzX6Bk

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[rrocket]

Just make a simple door mechanism that works...

https://youtu.be/HJ1tofzX6Bk

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That would make my head explode.  Honestly, when I drove the Model 3 in Feb I was thinking my god, what’s with these buttons to open the doors??  I was especially disturbed by the fact that the rear doors where electronic only.  So I’m putting my children in the back and what happens if we get in an accident?   No thank you.

FWIW, I pointed out this safety issue when the Model 3 came out.  Especially so if someone is unconscious in the back seat.  How are you supposed to get them out?  Trying to drag someone out, dead weight, from back to front doors would be quite the endeavor.

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How are you supposed to get them out?  Trying to drag someone out, dead weight, from back to front doors would be quite the endeavor.

https://www.canadiansafetysupplies.com/product-p/350006.htm

Bought a few of these for Christmas gifts for the family, keep them in my door pocket in case I come across an accident.

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How are you supposed to get them out?  Trying to drag someone out, dead weight, from back to front doors would be quite the endeavor.

https://www.canadiansafetysupplies.com/product-p/350006.htm

Bought a few of these for Christmas gifts for the family, keep them in my door pocket in case I come across an accident.

So, drag a limo body through a smashed car window?  Seems like a reasonable solution to not having a functional door handle

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drag a limo body through a smashed car window?  Seems like a reasonable solution to not having a functional door handle

Somebody's got to be a hero... 

[Gurgie]

drag a limo body through a smashed car window?  Seems like a reasonable solution to not having a functional door handle

Somebody's got to be a hero... 

Ain't gonna be you... just sayin'

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https://youtu.be/_lLiDmgG-aU

Video put out today about getting out of a Tesla.
Very funny when his girlfriend accelerates hard when he’s in the trunk. 

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Just make a simple door mechanism that works...

https://youtu.be/HJ1tofzX6Bk

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That would make my head explode.  Honestly, when I drove the Model 3 in Feb I was thinking my god, what’s with these buttons to open the doors??  I was especially disturbed by the fact that the rear doors where electronic only.  So I’m putting my children in the back and what happens if we get in an accident?   No thank you.

I think Fast Lane did a video of this recently (after the one posted above). All doors have a mechanical release but the release for the rear doors is at the bottom of the door bin, under the lining. And they needed a tool to activate it. So anyone in the back is dead.

One of the rear doors on their car wouldn't open as the electronic release was broken. Quality.

(I'm pretty sure it was the 3)

It was the Y.  But the 3 has the same mechanisms.

https://youtu.be/oIph6uLO-aM