Earlier today, at Oakland, CA charging station.
There’s another I’ve seen on a Mustang GT in San Diego that said: Tesla: Never Once
Looks like that sticker was printed on a giant Avery label.
I think the implication is that VW is untrustworthy due to their previous actions.
And then plot twist: the car has advanced technology that uses the EV battery to scrape the asphalt and convert it to diesel. After that it burns it at 9 mpg.
So you bought from another unethical company?
“Just gotta build you own from ethically sourced parts.”
Or some other fantasy.
Subaru. They intentionally keep their company small, were the first ones to treat the gay community as a real market segment, and they don’t allow their dealers to pull any of that “market adjustment” crap with their pricing. Their cars are really good, comfortable, and well thought out so it’s easy for home mechanics to do basic maintenance if they need to save a buck, especially since they never require any special, brand/model specific tools. Their safety ratings are also impeccable and I trust them to truly care about the well-being of their customers. Also, as a bonus, from my 2003 Legacy to my 2015 BRZ I actually fit in the cars as a 6’-5” guy which is just awesome that they make shit I can drive.
I hate corporations as much the next guy but if there was ever an example of something as big as a mainstream car company being good they’re absolutely the best without much argument.
Disclosure, I like Subaru’s and I miss my old one (well it was a Saabaru anyway).
But almost every older, non-korean automaker you can think of has left some demons in the WW2 era: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Aircraft_Company
And even in the modern era they’ve cut some corners, like with the na EJ engine’s cheap headgaskets, where instead of recalling and upgrading to the multi-layer steel ones that should’ve been there in the first place, they made a Subaru additive part of regular maintenance - this additive being, essentially, rebottled stop-leak. Just good enough to get through the warranty period.
They got any EVs not an SUV? I don’t really like large vehicles. Also can’t really afford anything in the 50k range… or the 36k range…
The really sad thing about this is that Tesla dings most of these boxes as well.
You’re allowed to like a product but don’t give a corporation points for making you pay for something.
Polestar is under pretty good leadership, as with a couple other small manufacturers
It’s owned by Volvo, who’s pretty much owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. who is linked to forced Uyghur labor like VW is
https://www.saveuighur.org/83-companies-linked-to-uighur-forced-labor/
I agree almost anything is better than giving Elon money, but make no mistake, the auto industry is one massive global capitalistic racket, which will do anything to get ahead
