I bought into it back in 2017 before the marketing facade fell. I was a fool, an idiot and a moron. As an actual qualified engineer I should have looked at the whole situation in detail and read through it. After owning my model S for 9 months I sold it because it was full of quality issues and I did not feel safe driving it on a daily basis especially with my kids in the car. It regularly just slapped the brakes on and it the gains were well overstated. The doors didn't close properly, the trim didn't line up and the windscreen spontaneously cracked when it was parked in an underground garage for 2 days. Charging was a constant nightmare as well because all the limited fast chargers were either slow or busy all the time.
The experience was so bad I went to a bottom end second hand 1.0L Citroen with physical tactile controls only. I owned that for 6 years. The entire cost of the vehicle, the ownership, the fuel and all maintenance was less than the depreciation of the Model S in the time I owned it.
A lot of people are hanging on marketing and hope. That's not a safety conscious decision. It's a bad company with bad products and dubious claims.
The experience was so bad I went to a bottom end second hand 1.0L Citroen with physical tactile controls only. I owned that for 6 years. The entire cost of the vehicle, the ownership, the fuel and all maintenance was less than the depreciation of the Model S in the time I owned it.
A lot of people are hanging on marketing and hope. That's not a safety conscious decision. It's a bad company with bad products and dubious claims.