And this is the no paywall link https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Ftechnology%2Farchive%2F2025%2F03%2Felon-musk-human-meme-stock%2F682023

Your heart’s in the right place but this is bad advice.

Teslas are still wickedly expensive to repair and there’s only the dealership who can do those repairs.

And the parts break way too often, even parts that shouldn’t break ever, like the door handles that only Tesla can replace. The cost of that can apparently be over $1k. For a door handle.

It’d be a money pit after the warranty period runs out. You’re still going to be better off with a run of the mill beater car

Until Tesla allows other shops to do repairs, those swastikars will never be economical even if you ignore the Nazi part

Your point about buying used being better for the environment also applies to older gas powered cars too, which will be easier and cheaper to repair