Kevin Krefting

A fan of technology, nature and history. EV geek. American before red or blue.

[Kevin Krefting @Krefting]

The loser of tonight’s debates… the American people.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Precisely

[Neuralink @neuralink]

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[Kevin Krefting @Krefting]

Makes a lot of sense.

[Gary Black @garyblack00]

Is $RIVN courting $AAPL as a potential partner?

[Jim Farley @jimfarley98]

Starting today, eligible Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning owners in the US or Canada can reserve a complimentary Fast Charging Adapter for their @Ford EV and access @Tesla Superchargers by heading to https://t.co/PWyx4ynzXw

[1 Million Cups Des Moines @1MillionCupsDSM]

This Wednesday, you'll hear from Savii!

Savii is an AI-enabled all-in-one platform that allows employers to offer a personalized healthcare experience to their employees.

🔗https://t.co/nmzlyThRfM

[Jim Farley @jimfarley98]

When we announced @Ford EVs would get access to @Tesla Superchargers, I said we'd send customers a Fast Charging Adapter. I'm pleased to confirm that eligible #MustangMachE & #F150Lightning owners in the U.S. + Canada can reserve a complimentary adapter starting soon.

This is our way of saying thank you! We want to make charging more convenient for our Ford EV owners, so we're excited to add Tesla chargers and will continue growing our BlueOval Charge Network. More details soon.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Reuters published an article that leads with a wildly misleading headline and is riddled with incomplete and demonstrably incorrect information.

This latest piece vaguely and nonsensically suggests there are thousands upon thousands of disgruntled Tesla customers. It’s nonsensical because it’s nonfactual—the reality is Tesla’s customer retention is among the best and highest in the industry.

Misleading headline:
“Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective.”

Reality (buried in the article): 
Tesla paid for most of the 120,000 vehicle repairs under warranty.

Manufactured story: 
The customer photo represents not a failed component, but instead a post crash component that was damaged in the course of reducing the adverse effects of a collision. The customer was informed that Tesla was able to review the telemetry and understood there was a crash that resulted in this repair not being covered by warranty. 
Most, if not all, manufacturer warranties exclude damages caused by a crash because that is the point of insurance coverage.

Helpful context:
Tesla has the most advanced vehicle telemetry system that can identify emerging issues, determine scope, and allow for faster vehicle and service improvements than has ever been seen in the auto industry. We take action as soon as we see a problem, something that should be celebrated as best-in-class, and is often cited by our regulators as a major safety advantage.

False accusation:
The author has conflated a noise-related (non-safety) issue with a range of unrelated and disconnected service actions. Contrary to the article’s statements based on erroneous data, Tesla is truthful and transparent with our safety regulators around the globe and any insinuation otherwise is plain wrong.

Tesla Service Principles:
a.
Our service technicians and advisors diagnose, maintain and fix our customers’ cars efficiently and are not incentivized to profit off customers’ repair needs.

b.
Tesla provides our service employees with excellent compensation and benefits packages. They don’t work off of commission like at other dealers who are incentivized to upsell or overcharge their customers.

c.
The best service is no service. When service must be done, we fix 90%+ problems without even needing the customer present – either through over-the-air updates or with mobile service at a customer’s house or workplace.
To see Tesla’s approach in action, one can refer to this maintenance study from earlier this year, “Tesla was named the cheapest luxury car brand to maintain..” → https://t.co/yXh0y2nJdE

This cherry-picking approach to journalism results in missing the truth, which is a pattern in many of the negative articles about Tesla. 

Using one customer’s one-sided version of events as the universal experience of all customers paints a false and misleading picture of Tesla. In reality, for every upset customer, there are hundreds more who are thrilled with their Tesla and eager to repeat their business. The numbers don’t lie in terms of repeat sales and customer satisfaction.

We strive to make every customer a lifelong member of the Tesla family. 

While others may have their own agendas, our principles have been the same since the beginning: to make the safest cars in the world, which are easiest to maintain, while accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Jay Leno: For some reason people don’t think of Tesla as an American company. These (Cybertrucks) are all built in America.

Lars: I can’t think of one part that’s not made here (in America).

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

You can’t believe anything you see or hear from now on.

[Tesla @Tesla]

Feat of Strength 3: Cyberbeast (0-60 in 2.6s)

[Tesla @Tesla]

Feat of Strength 2: Truck pull

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@farzyness We emptied the entire drum magazine of a Tommy gun into the driver door Al Capone style. No bullets penetrated into the passenger compartment.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Motortrend: You’re Wrong About EV Fires

"There's a car fire roughly every 5 minutes in America. The vast majority of them never make the news. But if a @Tesla or a Chevy Bolt catches fire? It's probably on the front page nationwide & going viral online." https://t.co/KQmCQF4vRx

[Sandy Munro @teardowntitan]

Great news out of Norway

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

BREAKING: @Tesla Model Y & Model 3 have been named the #1 & #2 “most American-made” vehicles in the US by https://t.co/8eBlPTqKpL 2023 rankings. This includes EVs & ICE cars.

Tesla dominated the top 4 spots for the first time. No GM or Ford vehicles were in the top 10. @elonmusk

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Tesla Model Y Second Only To Ford F-150 As Best-Selling Vehicle In US.

Model Y doubled US registrations in January-April 2023, becoming America's No. 1 passenger car and second best selling vehicle overall. https://t.co/JGnhPiBUVJ

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Ford: We don't think EV price parity will be achieved until 2030.

GM: Agreed, maybe even later than that.

Tesla: We achieved EV price parity last Tuesday

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Investors are eager to invest in AI companies. But some of the biggest winners from the AI revolution will be existing companies that weren't founded to do AI, but are perfectly poised to benefit from it, as e.g. Facebook was perfectly poised to benefit from smartphones.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Jay Leno on EV haters: "We live in a world where 50% will agree & 50% will disagree on almost every issue; If you believe the earth is flat there's millions of people that will agree with you. Idiots! Stupid people are full of confidence. People who are smart have self-doubt."