Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[bcedhk]

Originally Posted by bcrdukes

Is the headlight and hood latch adjustment known pain points? Did these issues prevent you from driving the car? Or could you simply drive around until an appointment was available for service?

This is a very interesting discussion and informative for me. Appreciate you sharing this!

Both are known issues, but they were minor didn't affect the drivability of the car. The headlight had some distortion on the housing, which apparently was common during the first batch of the made in china MYs while the latch was a faulty actuator which required pressing "open" twice to fully disengage. Both repair took the tech0 min each.

I currently have a polestar 2 and MY. The polestar 2 software is glitchy and the sensors are shit. It's so sensitive that it constantly slams on the brakes when I'm trying to park next to a pillar or in a tight spot. The steering and ride quality is also not indicative of a 65k+ car.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Hehe

Honestly, I appreciate your insight from an engineering perspective, but sometimes your information is stuck in the past few years.

Take Autopilot as an example, sure I have only been using FSD instead of AP, but FSD is lightyear ahead of anything else. BlueDrive or whatever Ford has is shit in comparison. I have barely driven lately. It's always point on the GPS, activate FSD and just space out.

From what I'm hearing, AP and FSD have merged into a single stack. So, AP is merely a more restricted FSD on things that it's capable of doing. It might not do what FSD can do, but to say that other manufacturers have a lead over Tesla on ADAS is just crap. As a matter of fact, I don't think any of the ADAS available in Canadian market is remotely close to what Tesla can do today and as we continue to progress into V14, the difference will just become bigger and bigger.

As far as service goes, newer Tesla need very little service. So much so that it's no longer a thing among owner clubs. My first Tesla went back for some small issues here and there, but my Plaid and CT have been pretty much perfect. And as someone already mentioned, even when my cars needed any service, most of them are done with mobile. I just leave the car somewhere, they arrive to where the car is, do the work and away they go.

The last few times I have been back to service center were all buying parts like filter and wiper blades, but other than that, visit to Tesla service centers is rare now.

EVs today, it's Tesla vs. others. Some might one up Tesla in some aspect like charging speed, mileage, build quality or whatever, but taking everything as a whole, I don't think there's another EV that offers that same EV owner experience as Tesla. With other options, it's sacrificing the overall experience for whatever that "one up" might be.

I sense that AstulzerRZD works in the automotive industry, he has experience with a wide variety of EV models, and he always provides pros/cons on all companies. You don't work in that field and you always praise Tesla.

Therefore, I would value AstulzerRZD's opinion on this matter over yours.

[Badhobz]

^while true, but hes also like 20 years old and because of that, he can shut the fuck up

no offence bro. i respect you as a person, just not your age YA LITTLE WHIPPER SNAPPER YOU!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP! geezers are taaallllkkkkiinngg heeeerr
I was driving and fighting kerpaljeet in KFC's before you were even a little sperm with a mop head haircut.

[bcrdukes]

AstulzterRZD is a lie and a waste of time.

Re: Filters and wiper blades - Can one not just go to Canadian Tire, Lordco, or NAPA Auto Parts to pick up some replacements?

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

^while true, but hes also like 20 years old and because of that, he can shut the fuck up

no offence bro. i respect you as a person, just not your age YA LITTLE WHIPPER SNAPPER YOU!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP! geezers are taaallllkkkkiinngg heeeerr
I was driving and fighting kerpaljeet in KFC's before you were even a little sperm with a mop head haircut.

EVs have been available to these young whipper snappers since the first day they got their driver's licenses. For us old farts, we don't even know how to turn on an EV...

[JDMDreams]

Model 3 uses this weird hook, not the standard $10 replacements that you can get from Costco. So I just AliExpress it

[JDMDreams]

Also the Tesla filters I think are better, I got Amazon so called HEPA charcoal filters and they don't filter out exhaust smells from outside, I never noticed this issue with factory filters.

What kinda Boomer are you driving ev with Regen off. Why would you use brakes and have less range.

[headhunt3r]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

Big misses:

• App is unusable: No battery level, lock/unlock, or remote pre-heat/cool. No fix in sight.
• Trip planning pain: No battery % in CarPlay/Android Auto—must use onboard nav or a Bluetooth OBDII + ABRP workaround.
• Charging network gap: No Supercharger access until ~late 2025/26; interior trips rely on sparse BC Hydro sites (2–4 stalls vs ~16+ at Tesla sites).

Annoyances:
Infotainment has been glitchy (reportedly improved).
Heat pump isn’t standard.

If you want a deal
Mach-E avoids those issues and is commonly $15k–$20k off.
Typical street pricing: 72 kWh RWD ≈ $40k new, AWD ≈ $45k - ≥$10k less than a comparable ID.4.

The product page shows the app unlocking / locking and controlling climate. I think that's sorted. Heat pump is a 1500 option. Not terrible but I agree they should probably make it standard and up the price.