The good news is these days there’s lots of good non-Tesla EV options on many different form factors if that’s what you’re looking for.
I don’t have any EV infrastructure at my condo and was considering a PHEV when I was car shopping since it has the best of both worlds but ultimately decided against it and ended up with a hybrid instead (well… mild hybrid, but hybrid all the same). If I ever moved somewhere that I could have a charger at home, I’d definitely reconsider.
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Interesting that her captain pronounces her name “presk aisle,” while we Michigan residents pronounce her eponymous island as “presk eel,” à la les français.
Love that the bridges reply to ships’ horn blasts - tho it’s gotta suck when one lives nearby and is trying to sleep long enough to awaken w/o a hangover 
holy shit
i knew teslas were bad but “literally twice as deadly as the average vehicle” is something else
That ugly boxy face makes me want to weep.
ETA:
Better dig up something cheerful to stick here.
Found the perfect things.
I watch these periodic’ly since first finding them.
I just fell in love with them. The first one’s a hoot - everyone’s so happy and having such fun. It’s all wonderfully silly. The little bit of music’s good, too. The second’s all cool & artsy (altho better focus [ahem clarity?] @ times’d be nice), and I really like the song to whomst it’s set.
Those are really good!
I hope U find these are too:
Gorgeous.
Have a Jolly
For some reason I always thought it was a Cord without swivel lights.
I quite like it, at least in pink. Looks a lot like Lady Penelope’s Roller.
Behold the Cyber Beetle!
BONUS
A wooden one
It’s about as pretty as summa those Cords, but this Buick’s truly, deeply weird It’s like B&S ate some nice agaric (Fliegenpilz) omelettes the day it was designed.
This reminds me of a Top Gear where they were skewing a Ferrari (the 458 maybe?) for its F1-inspired wheel that had the same problem where all its functions were on the wheel making them dangerous to use at speed.
Something like this, which isn’t far off from the Tesla’s wheel actually:
This also came out some 15 years ago, so it’s not like these problems weren’t known or obvious.
I mean yeah actual F1 wheels have tons of buttons and stuff on them, but they are also driven by highly skilled and trained professional drivers and customized specifically to the driver’s requirements.
But also, look at that wheel: all the buttons are tactile: you can feel the edges of them, and there’s almost certainly a resistance and click when they’re activated. One of them is rotational, and there is certainly both a directional aspect, so you can tell what it’s set to by feel, and there’ll be a click-click as you change settings. The indicators are on the wheel (not great, especially when turning), but at least you don’t have to do spatial calculus to figure out which one to press even when driving straight down the road at a reasonable speed.
Touch screens and touch buttons in cars is almost never the correct option, and even when a touchscreen is appropriate (such as a GPS), some functions absolutely need tactile buttons and knobs as the primary interface. (Yes, that includes volume and climate control.)
Agreed. I forgot that the Tesla used capacitive touch buttons which is just WTF.
I recently got a new car and a lot of it is touch based now. Even for being touch-oriented, it does have really well designed climate controls. It also has stunningly good voice controls that can do most everything with minimal cognitive load (which is a big change for me as in every other car I’ve driven the voice commands are more often than not more dangerous than just hitting a button because they are so damn finicky). There are still some minimalist physical control surfaces as well so I don’t often find myself reaching for or looking at the touch screen while driving for more than a brief moment.
If nothing else it shows that it is possible to be touch/voice oriented without losing too much in the ergonomics department, but it was a steep learning curve.
I’m happier with it in my car than I thought I’d be after learning how to use it, but as a whole I’m definitely not entirely sold on this non-tactile direction that many automakers are going with.
My brain and its unpredictably selective mutism (especially when under stress or concentrating) mean that voice controls are the worst possible option. When they are available, and when it’s possible to do so, I always turn them off. Also: D/deaf people drive.
