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This truck is going to be a complete disaster in every conceivable way for Tesla. You've got a TAM on that thing of like.... maybe a few million people on earth? And even then, it's just going to be a silly short-lived fad for the ones who do. They more or less did the same idiotic thing as Ford with the Lighting. Tease a "$35k" starting MSRP for all the publicity, convince themselves they had a hit, and overcommit o…
This truck is going to be a complete disaster in every conceivable way for Tesla. You've got a TAM on that thing of like.... maybe a few million people on earth? And even then, it's just going to be a silly short-lived fad for the ones who do. They more or less did the same idiotic thing as Ford with the Lighting. Tease a "$35k" starting MSRP for all the publicity, convince themselves they had a hit, and overcommit o…
Double that plus an additional two year delay, while Tesla sells to the customers willing to buy the $80K+ and $100K+ models.
This truck is going to be a complete disaster in every conceivable way for Tesla. You've got a TAM on that thing of like.... maybe a few million people on earth? And even then, it's just going to be a silly short-lived fad for the ones who do. They more or less did the same idiotic thing as Ford with the Lighting. Tease a "$35k" starting MSRP for all the publicity, convince themselves they had a hit, and overcommit o…
I do not want my car reporting on me I do not need "over the air" updates Sell me the car. I will drive it away and make my own arrangements for maintenance. I want an asset, not a subscription Old man shouting at clouds?
I think your last question would be answered in the affirmative if you are using a modern phone. They track everything already.
It's telling that the hardware team could create a whole locking diff faster than programmers can type into a computer.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23474969/mercedes-car-su...
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Taking on the persona of a boring consumer, who has had to go into the dealer to get several updates with their unconnected car, and sometimes charged for it ($200 to $700), I don't see this as bad, if it's done well.
As far as I can tell, literally nobody is doing it well.
There's an argument that we're at Peak Mediocrity for car systems that one can own (at least at the levels that we think we own our cars now).
This truck is going to be a complete disaster in every conceivable way for Tesla. You've got a TAM on that thing of like.... maybe a few million people on earth? And even then, it's just going to be a silly short-lived fad for the ones who do. They more or less did the same idiotic thing as Ford with the Lighting. Tease a "$35k" starting MSRP for all the publicity, convince themselves they had a hit, and overcommit o…
This isn’t an answer or even a disagreement. But don’t they have the #1 best selling car in the world?
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I think your last question would be answered in the affirmative if you are using a modern phone. They track everything already.
I can be willing to put up with it in my phone but not in my car. They're both qualitatively and quantitatively quite different.
I do not want my car reporting on me I do not need "over the air" updates Sell me the car. I will drive it away and make my own arrangements for maintenance. I want an asset, not a subscription Old man shouting at clouds?
I have worried about an upgrade killing my system or bricking the car but more than 10 years late it's good.