Aren’t these things trained quite heavily on stock photos? Because that would explain a lot of the gender bias.

Fair enough.

I think that’s only a handful of the model S that had free lifetime charging, and the few that are still around are getting pretty worn out by now.

It has been, but the leaf was very much a “second car” for a very long time. They had relatively short range, an air cooled battery, and as a result couldn’t be charged particularly fast. The battery would also overheat if you tried to charge it multiple times.

Tesla, on the water, had a water cooled battery pack, and could be fast charged multiple times per day, and much faster than other vehicles, meaning a road trip was actually possible.

That’s almost as bad as Sidewinder missiles locking onto the sun.

Oof.

If they use the Supercharger network, or get the vehicle serviced by Tesla, then they’re making money still.

But, the right thing to do is to keep running the vehicle, you’re right about that.

I have read a number of comments from people with illnesses or other issues that are genetic, saying they don’t want to pass their problems onto the next generation.

So, bizarrely enough, there is a certain amount of eugenics happening, it’s just purely voluntary.

Tesla was a long way ahead of the competition for a very long time, to the point where they were the only option for a vehicle that was genuinely a replacement for a combustion vehicle.

Without them, I very much doubt EV market share would be anywhere near what it is today.

God this would be so funny if it was true.

… Have you read anything whatsoever about European history? Russia has been an imperialist force since before the US existed.

And given the EU is on the same continent as Russia, that should really be the other way around.

This is something they should have done years ago, the US has been grumbling about other NATO members not spending enough on defence long before Trump got into power. And they spend roughly twice as much per capita as many European countries, so they kinda have a point.