Yeah, pretty basic opsec is not to drive to the crime scene. And don't bring anything with you that is not essential to the mission and which might get dropped and be used as evidence.
Wear cheap sweats and a ski mask. Dispose of them all as soon as you can. If cars are involved, use fake plates. Better yet, use bicycles and ride as much as possible off paved roads. And don't ride straight home.
Yeah, except it's no fun to drive when it's in the shop.
Even the very conservatively designed Polestar at least has good build quality.
Even before Musk got involved, the "disrupting car manufacturing" idea was there, and Tesla had already reversed course and was recruiting experienced auto-industry production engineers. Turns out all those "why don't we just?" questions from the tech bros had already been tried in the car industry 40 years ago, and had almost all failed.
Cars are complex gadgets with nasty supply-chain issues, and design for manufacturability and maintainability aren't the first things someone thinks of when trying to roll out a long list of new features.
Unwanted features taking priority over quality improvements is a textbook enshittication move.
Even if the idea is stupid, it is the hot new idea of the day.
Yeah, herd mentality often wins over critical thinking.
Simulated fart sounds replaced with Sieg Heils.
.Back then they wanted to blow their lead so electric cars would do better in general.
First-mover advantage wasn't going to be lost in the near-term due to patent-sharing.
Some asshole bought the company when it had innovative tech and good quality, and hasn't had the focus to address the inevitable quality issues that come with scaling up production.
Perhaps having almost all our media outlets owned by billionaires isn't such a good idea?
Learned helplessness from the controlled opposition. It's like listening to a member of the Washington Generals explain how next time, they'll beat those Globetrotters.
Standard fascist rationale: "Because we said so, that's why."