Renault CEO Luca de Meo takes a swipe at Tesla cars: "It's a bland product, like a refrigerator."

Car enthusiasts are quite opposed to the widespread use of electric vehicles. They believe they lose the essence of cars, such as the low noise their engines emit.

However, electric cars are here to stay. Brands are revamping their offerings to include this style of car, whether purely electric or a hybrid version.

If there's a pioneering company in this field, it's Tesla . The brand owned by Elon Musk has been investing in this mobility model for almost 20 years. However, in recent months, it has been experiencing difficult times both commercially and in terms of image.

Renault CEO's criticism of Tesla

The CEO of French car brand Renault, Luca de Meo, has become the latest to criticize the American firm. At the presentation of his book, Sentimental Dictionary of the Automobile , in Barcelona, ​​he called Tesla models a "bland product, like a refrigerator."

“Tesla is like a refrigerator, and all cars will end up being like that if we build them the same way, without personality, with identical attributes,” he continued. Despite this criticism, he then defended electric vehicles: “If (the car) learns every day, because it reads what's around it, sees what's on your phone, then it organizes your life and everything, you're going to create a very animal, human relationship with the product.”