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Renault 5 sales overtake Tesla Model Y in France - ArenaEV (m.arenaev.com)

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The Model Y is prettier and performs better, not to mention the charging infrastructure in place is a huge bonus. For Renault to overcome all of that, bloody well done.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I live in Germany and drove around Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland so far. Around 10,000 kilometers charging on public infrastructure. Only once a Tesla supercharger seemed to be in the best option for my route location-wise. The rest of the time there were better chargepoints from Ionity, EnBw or other local providers. That one time I also charged elsewhere to avoid supporting Mr Musk.

TBF superchargers are quite cheap for Tesla drivers as you save the monthly subscription fee. But other than that they aren't too attractive IMHO.

Regarding the car itself my experience was also rather negative. I did a test drive with a model 3 highland. Within 100 kilometres I had two phantom breaking issues, luckily without serious consequences. I tested a bunch of other cars (smart #1, Volvo EX30, Renault Megane E-Tech, VW ID.4) and finally settled with a Hyundai Ioniq 6.

Tesla is pretty efficient and has a good infotainment system (although it's a pretty locked down ecosystem). But all of the other cars felt way safer to drive to me. Hyundai is similar in terms of efficiency and thanks to Android Auto / Apple Carplay allows me to use whatever navigation or streaming apps I prefer.

It doesn't make sense to argue about design but personally I prefer compact cars over SUVs. I really like the R5.