i don't understand americans, two years ago i wanted a tesla, now i want a byd, you've let down the only american company competing against the chinese, all because of trump and politics

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bdcravens 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Elon's personality has been known before he ever came out in support of Trump. Think back to when he called someone trying to rescue kids a "pedo" because they ignored his idea of building a submarine. Moreover, his inability to deliver on promises has been a well-known fact for years.

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slashdave 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You had the opportunity to blame one person or an entire country. Which did you choose?

	▲	epistasis 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's both collective blame for the US, and also individual blame for the idiocy of Musk. No choice necessary.
	▲	onraglanroad 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The country that chose the one person?

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anderber 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think you're underselling what Trump and Musk has done to the stability of Democracy in the US. Aside from all that, there are other American car manufacturers with great EVs: Mustang Mach-E, Chevy Equinox/Bolt/Blazer, etc. Not saying that BYD isn't better, but comparing to Tesla, there is plenty of US competition.

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csa 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Aside from all that, there are other American car manufacturers with great EVs: Mustang Mach-E, Chevy Equinox/Bolt/Blazer, etc.

Teslas aren’t perfect, and they are definitely starting to get a bit dated, but the list you made has precisely zero “great EVs” imho.

	▲	anderber an hour ago \| parent [-]
		All opinions I suppose, huh?

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kelseyfrog 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We voted with our wallets. Between communism and Nazis, communism was the lesser evil. This is Musk's WW3.

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dyauspitr 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Being a Nazi is a huge red line

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malshe 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Americans? Elon Musk is one person. He might be the richest person in the world but he doesn't represent us.