[netdur]

i don't understand americans, two years ago i wanted a tesla, now i want a byd, you've let down the only american company competing against the chinese, all because of trump and politics

[bdcravens]

Elon's personality has been known before he ever came out in support of Trump. Think back to when he called someone trying to rescue kids a "pedo" because they ignored his idea of building a submarine. Moreover, his inability to deliver on promises has been a well-known fact for years.

[modeless]

He regularly delivers on promises. What he consistently fails to deliver on is timelines.

[jfoster]

Since when is someone trying to build a difficult thing on a tight timeline referred to as a "promise"?

He sets extremely ambitious goals and usually/often misses them, but the end result is that despite missing the ambitious goal, something amazing is delivered still much faster than anyone else could do it.

[dyauspitr]

Being a Nazi is a huge red line

[anderber]

I think you're underselling what Trump and Musk has done to the stability of Democracy in the US. Aside from all that, there are other American car manufacturers with great EVs: Mustang Mach-E, Chevy Equinox/Bolt/Blazer, etc. Not saying that BYD isn't better, but comparing to Tesla, there is plenty of US competition.

[csa]

> Aside from all that, there are other American car manufacturers with great EVs: Mustang Mach-E, Chevy Equinox/Bolt/Blazer, etc.

Teslas aren’t perfect, and they are definitely starting to get a bit dated, but the list you made has precisely zero “great EVs” imho.

[slashdave]

You had the opportunity to blame one person or an entire country. Which did you choose?

[epistasis]

There's both collective blame for the US, and also individual blame for the idiocy of Musk. No choice necessary.

[onraglanroad]

The country that chose the one person?

[malshe]

Americans? Elon Musk is one person. He might be the richest person in the world but he doesn't represent us.

[kelseyfrog]

We voted with our wallets. Between communism and Nazis, communism was the lesser evil. This is Musk's WW3.

[engineer_22]

Communism has killed hundreds of millions of innocent people. It's not cute or funny.