It is. Tesla insurance is expensive.

Take three turds and make one larger turd, but it’s still turd.

They are already obsolete. Two models were killed, the Cyber truck is not selling, and most of the rest are being made in China. Musk laughed at the idea of Chinese EVs a decade ago, what a visionary.

Tesla has no unique IP on batteries and they lag behind most companies, especially CATL.

Years ago Musk announced batteries with “30% greater capacity” which were just typical lithium cells wrapped 30% larger.

His “innovations” include trapping the battery within the frame such that when the battery dies, the car is junk. ThE gReEn rEvOlUtIoN.

Most Teslas sold in Canada are made in China, more green innovation.

I’m getting annoyed at hearing this “they made them better in the old days” trope.

Modern cars are pushing 200-300,000 miles of life. They don’t rust like they used to, and complex, efficient engines can be diagnosed with a read from a computer screen, as can the entire car electric system. Sure, older vehicles had more room to do repairs, but they always needed repairs. Lots of rose colored glasses being worn here.

Vehicles like giga cast Teslas are almost like hot wheels cars, one large casting of aluminum, which is often too expensive to fix so the car gets written off. Rivian and Tesla didn’t give a shit about collision repair…until sales are being choked when people get insurance quotes. Tesla setup their own insurance and it’s losing money. Poor design means Teslas crash more than any other brands, and get written off more than any other brand, which sets actuarial tables on fire.

Now Rivian CEO cares because bad design is affecting sales.