Dave Rahardja<p>So I’m starting to see more and more of the new <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ModelY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModelY</span></a> units on the streets of Silicon Valley. They are still quite rare, given the fact that they are Tesla’s number one selling model. But one thing I noticed is that they are driven almost entirely by Asians.</p><p>I live in Sunnyvale, where half the residents are Asians. But I have literally seen ONE newer Tesla Model Y driven by a non-Asian, EVER (excluding one that had a limousine-rental sticker on it, I’m not counting that one). First I thought I was just a victim of Bayesian probabilities, but it’s been months now, and I think I should have seen more non-Asian drivers.</p><p>For comparison, I about half the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cybertrucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybertrucks</span></a> I see here are driven by buff, bearded, white dudes in baseball caps, so I think my observation about Model Ys have some interesting demographic implications.</p><p>Or does it? I dunno. I just like to judge people who drive them. My neighbor just got one and I guess I’ll never talk to them again.</p><p>Yes, they’re Asian.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a></p>