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The top-selling EV maker in the US also has:

vehicles regularly catching on fire for no reason

vehicles driving into the back of emergency vehicles, slamming on the brakes in the middle of highways - both because the CEO decreed that RADAR/LIDAR isn't necessary

Issues with its "self driving" randomly swerving at objects, pedesrtians, cyclists, other vehicles...

Enormous service/parts/bodywork backlogs

vehicles blacklisted by insurance companies becaue of high crash rates and repair costs

windows that randomly shatter

drivetrains that fail because you drive them in too heavy a rainstorm

a truck that cannot be driven in the snow (snow reflects light off the DRL bar, blinding the driver, the headlights getting blocked by snow, and the vehicle is stymied by barely a few inches of snow):

https://www.tiktok.com/@molesrcool/video/7446853436198358303...

GM doesn't have any of these problems (except for a small number of Bolts which had defective cells made by LG - all replaced now, and given extended ten year warranties.)



> drivetrains that fail because you drive them in too heavy a rainstorm

Not even that, colleague's Model 3 died because it was parked out in rather normal european heavy rain over 1 night. It just completely died.

Tesla service center just took it and replaced it without any questions - clear sign this wasn't an exception and it was well known issue at that point.




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