• Psythik@lemmy.world
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      Exactly, and you can usually guess the model year within a few years, simply by looking at the styling characteristics of the vehicle. It’s not too difficult to tell if a car came from the first half or second half of the 90s, for example.

      • I do notice a lot more made in the last couple years not having any identifying markings. So many EVs that don’t even have a company logo on them (sometimes even Teslas don’t due to how they are made; it really depends on the day the car was built).

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          Every car comes with badging.

          It’s not hard to take them off. I’m fairly certain the Tesla’s are being removed by the owners or haters

          • There are also the times the worker didn’t put it on or put it on wrong during assembly and it fell off before even going out to the customer. I worked at the Fremont plant; this was pretty common. It’s also why I would not own one even if Musk wasn’t a huge douche nozzle; they’re put together like shit by underpaid contractors and robots that break down every minute and a half.