# Electric cars, Musk and the Right **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** elon-musk\ **Created:** [February 16, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-cars-musk-and-the-right/1014381 "2025-02-16T15:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-cars-musk-and-the-right/1014381/60 "2025-04-20T23:26:56Z")
**Moderating:** Reviewing this thread, it hadn’t been about the Political realities of EV ownership, and the effect of Musk’s governmental role in such for a long time, even prior to the recently resumed back and forth. @solost did an isolated post tying back to the OP back in February, but otherwise it’s been an ongoing discussion of Tesla performance and reliability. There is a current thread that would likely be a better fit as long as the political elements remain divorced. > [@Teslas really are not great cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-really-are-not-great-cars/1016339/327): > > The small SUVs today are basically the form factor that’s between a minivan and a hatchback. Naw, i bought a small SUV because it was enough smaller than a van to be significantly easier to park, but still large enough to carry a lot of gear to a square dance. I literally carried around my speaker stands when i shopped for cars, to make sure they’d fit. (And the incredibly well designed Honda Fit almost passed that test.) Probably, but having that fifth door in the back, and more headroom … As such, I’m going to close the thread. @Loach if you want it re-opened, let me know. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-cars-musk-and-the-right/1014381)._