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Zorro

(18,396 posts)
7. My Model S is 11 years old
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:52 PM
15 hrs ago

Best car I've ever owned. Over 100k miles with only ~7% battery degradation. Driven it cross-country over two dozen times now without any issues.

I suspect Musk sees the EVs China is producing and doesn't want to make the investment to compete with those manufacturers, especially since Trump is effectively ceding the EV market to the Chinese.

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🤣🤣🤣 People better dump their Teslas - parts will be hard to find and pricey ! Bread and Circuses 16 hrs ago #1
Hard? Probably impossible is closer. cstanleytech 8 hrs ago #17
Not like it was 40 years ago and longer, when you could just find a car no longer running and get the parts off of it rpannier 4 hrs ago #20
So, the Model Y and CyberTrashCanOnWheels are STILL going to be made? er.. glued together? Exp 16 hrs ago #2
LOL, great name for that ugly so-called truck. mdbl 15 hrs ago #3
In case you haven't seen it. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #12
The Y makes sense Miguelito Loveless 30 min ago #21
In other words, people are not buying them because Musk is a deranged Trump sycophant so just stop making them. Lonestarblue 15 hrs ago #4
As do I, Miguelito Loveless 28 min ago #22
How long until their robotics are shut down as well? sakabatou 15 hrs ago #5
Within a year, Miguelito Loveless 10 min ago #23
Guessing maintenance contracts will be terminated and on-board software disabled. erronis 15 hrs ago #6
My Model S is 11 years old Zorro 15 hrs ago #7
Currently those EV's from China, can't be sold here anyway. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #10
He had the US market sewn up Miguelito Loveless 6 min ago #24
I suspect Muskbots aren't the real reason they're cancelling the S and X jmowreader 14 hrs ago #8
Their sales went down, when Mu$k turned out to be some South African Nazi. ... aggiesal 14 hrs ago #9
Tesla is "pivoting" away from the electric car business because the genius Musk alienated his main audience Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #11
Pivoting away from an industry Miguelito Loveless 4 min ago #25
What they need to do is discontinue Leon. Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #13
I said from when Musk exposed his true colors anyone who buys one is a sucker! IrishAfricanAmerican 13 hrs ago #14
It used to be that Tesla owners Miguelito Loveless 3 min ago #26
So much for Musk's big pay package from a couple of months ago. OnlinePoker 12 hrs ago #15
I wonder how many years their current inventories will last. nt Gore1FL 12 hrs ago #16
Fewer shitty cars to build more shitty robots that nobody will buy. Brilliant. n/t flvegan 7 hrs ago #18
AI Bubble Bursts and there will go his trillion dollars rpannier 4 hrs ago #19
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