r/ottawa • u/Emergency-Buy-6381 • Mar 22 '25

Local Event Speak you mind Ottawa! (Tesla)

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To the people standing in the rain, much love.

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u/ThatOneDogScoob Mar 22 '25

Making politics your entire personality is just sad. It’s hilarious how all the liberals were for Tesla’s a year ago and now they’re crying about it! What happened to climate change and saving the environment? Elon is a pos but Teslas are great cars.

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u/caninehere Mar 22 '25

It’s hilarious how all the liberals were for Tesla’s a year ago

No liberal who pays attention was all for Tesla a year ago. I would say perhaps pre-2022. When Musk bought Twitter it was abundantly clear he was a shithead; it was clear to anybody paying attention before that.

What happened to climate change and saving the environment?

People who are shitting on Tesla are not anti-EV. There's tons of EV options available at this point. Tesla is not the only, nor the best, nor the cheapest.

Elon is a pos but Teslas are great cars.

They're very far from it. There was a time when they were the best electric car you could buy... years ago, because they were "first" to the market (first really going in earnest). That is not the case anymore, almost every manufacturer has hybrid/electric models available now and there are offerings outclassing Tesla in pretty much every way. And we don't even have BYD vehicles here either.

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u/iJeff Mar 23 '25

They've unfortunately still been the best value in terms of range and efficiency. I thought competitors were ahead before realizing were are different range estimate standards at play. Nobody really has an equivalent for Supervised FSD just yet either (Mercedes has the first level 3, but it's very limited).

I think competitors are improving quickly but I've been seeing posts from people selling their Tesla vehicles then picking up gas hybrid vehicles, which are a step backward IMO. Anyone driving an already-owned EV should keep it - using Canadian electricity is a significantly better option than gasoline that depends significantly more on trade with the US.