Interesting article in Bloomberg. Reflects the experiences on the forum which seem to indicate a fairly wide range from a couple insignificant glitches here and there to literally something wrong with every feature. Comparing to my own experience:
1. Fabric bolsters popping off easily - never tried that, so don’t know
2. Fat formless steering wheel that isn’t ergonomic with no finger depressions - I dunno, I find the steering wheel quite comfortable and lux feeling
3. Steering column not extending far enough - haven’t noticed that oroblem
4. Turning indicators rarely self canceling - I somewhat agree with this
5. Cruise control impossible to engage - complete opposite experience for me, I think the cruise control is amazing
6. Sync phone via Bluetooth impossible - no issues there for me
7. Restricted access to charging outlets - Haven’t noticed that issue
8. Unreliable clock - no issues there for me
9. Music screen displaying wrong music - I use Amazon music currently and that doesn’t seem to be one of the best options for this car so I think I see where this is coming from
10. Click through multiple screens to set steering column and mirror position - don’t recall this being annoying and as a single driver, I set it once and never adjusted again so no big deal
11. Locks and trunks only controlled by center console - doesn’t seem right, the left pilot panel can do these functions no?
12. Can’t find heated/cooled seat function - was pretty easy to find that function for me
13. Key fob doesn’t work - my key fob works 100% of the time
14. Key fob doesn’t open trunk - somewhat true I guess although if you press and hold it after the frunk is open it does then open the trunk
15. Frequently getting locked out of the car - has never happened to me
16. Visors cutting visibility of full glass roof - technically correct but compared to a fully opaque roof the visibility is still a million times better…
17. Extreme heat and light penetration through glass roof - I guess I haven’t driven for long enough distances to really comment on this. For daily driving it’s totally fine although I think sometimes the sun reflects off the central console and can be annoying - unrelated question, anyone recommend a good oleophobic matte screen protector for the center console? Hate fingerprints
18. Hills draining the battery at a high rate - duh…
19. Regen going downhill not equaling effort required to go uphill - duh…
20. 26 miles of charge after 2 hours on a level 2 charger - doesn’t sound like it matches my experience but I haven’t really charged a lot outside of home
21. 50$ fee for charging at EA station - sounds fishy to me, I’ve never been charged at an EA statkln
22. 1 hour and 23 minutes to go from about 30 miles of range to 441 miles at a fast EA charger - seems a bit slow to me. Wonder how long it took to go from 30 to 300 or so.
Overall ends on a positive note because the car was very fun to drive which I do agree with. I think if I had all the above problems, I’d probably be annoyed too but some of the reviewer problems were self-inflicted (deliberately not even a cursory plan as to when and where to charge for example) or just don’t match my experiences.
