Would love to hear what you consider "good" and what specific EV ticks the most good features that a Tesla Model 3 doesn't.
Some EV specific advantages of Tesla over competition:
- Range: Teslas continue to lead in range, as result of best aerodynamics, best drive train efficiency and vertically integrated design (see Munro - highly integrated component).
- Charging infrastructure: largest available and most reliable (see MKBHD for e.g.).
- Regular software updates improving everything from range, to charge planning (recently added much better estimate based on wind direction, inclination, tyre pressure, weather, etc) to safety, etc.
- and most important of all: Availability and production volume. Best EV in the world isn't worth anything if you can't buy it.
If you look forward and see what Tesla is doing with its manufacturing innovations, it should become clear that things like in-house battery production, single front and rear casting among numerous other things has already secured their top position for sometime to come.
Edit: this year generous funding for new electric vehicles in Germany is about to end, that’s why the last months of 2022 are so chaotic regarding lead times.
CarPlay? Almost all cars, expensive or cheap, have CarPlay. Except Tesla. And you can throw Android Auto in there too.
Rain sensing wipers. That work, I mean. A firmly established technology at this point that Tesla can't make work. Then they insult you by including substandard manual controls so working around it is a chore.
360* surround camera. You can say that Tesla might have enough cameras on board to do it if they want. But they don't seem to want. So that's a feature that does not exist on a Tesla that I can get on a number of other EVs.
Parking sensors. Blindspot warnings (actual working sensors like most regular cars have now, not the sometimes-it-notices camera-based warnings my Model 3 would occasionally give me). Radar cruise control.
The best hands free driving is SuperCruise, and I can get that on a Chevy Bolt EUV, which costs something like 20 grand less than a Model 3.
I can get OTA updates from other manufacturers too. Notably, without the 'screw you' attitude that Tesla has, where they happily turn off customer features they don't feel the customer should have. Everything from taking away battery range without permission to turning off radar hardware that is already installed. Tesla is a consumer hostile company.
You have a point with the charging network, though that is quickly becoming moot since the non-Tesla networks are collectively growing faster.
Range is good on paper for Teslas, but my real world experience is that my Model 3 never got anywhere near it's EPA rating, my wife's Bolt usually exceeds it. As a practical matter, my P3D had less actual range than the Bolt even though the latter was only rated at 259. At least the supercharger was faster, which meant I spent 10 less minutes charging on our regular 300 mile round trip to Grandma's house.
I'm in the market again for another EV, and I can't find a single compelling reason to go with Tesla. The Model 3 is arguably worse now than the one I bought a few years ago, whereas the competition has been adding new features every year.
