Recent content by Vitold

Elon is not stupid.

I agree that this is the plan but have doubts that current sensor suite can take Tesla to level 5. Two major issues are blind spots and short range of side repeaters. I also believe that at some point in development as complexity increases it will become apparent that it would be cheaper...

You are conveniently forgetting that charge and power rates are lower with smaller packs. Also you are increasing cycle rate so overall battery life gets shorter. The only advantage to smaller battery is weight that you have to carry around, that is it.

Absolutely. In other words, Nissan would not have a business case to extend Leafs range if buyers were content with small batteries. Now, if someone (Tesla?) offered a loaner for long trips on demand then case for longer range would diminish slightly , but right now people need a buffer...

I expect that the reason for not making Y on model 3 line is because model 3 lines are 1.0 where as Y is new and improved version 2.0. After implementing Y lines next step would be to get 3 lines updated. By that time they should be interchangeable - after all 3 and Y are more alike than S...

They say that because they do not want to scare doctors. Many general practitioners actions and diagnosis can be defined by hard coded if /then statements and have already been replaced by computers (I.e pharmacy drug interaction checks, symptom checkers, etc). Xray/ct scan reading are next.

Just look up Horizontal Alignment rules. If roads deviate from ideal additional signage and lower speed limits give driver/AI clues that path will deviate from prediction.

Later he or Musk clarified that it would work on any road within US. Reason being that nn learns what curves it can expect. Roads are built with certain standards and rules. Eventually NN learns what to expect based on what visible clues. However road building rules vary from country to...

Overall I like the TN story. So what if it will take 4, 6 years instead of 2 to get there as long as cars sell they can afford delays. And, opposite is also true - exponential growth does not matter as much due to upcoming TN. TN and car production complement each other quite well from...

It is much easier to upgrade interior than engineer good EV platform. Besides, Model 3 interior is already better than I-Pace’ to many people for one simple reason: utility of large screen. Every new design is moving in that direction. Model 3 is already there. I expect air vents to be...

Red in the morning, green in the afternoon.

Obviously one needs common denominator to compare as in $ per hour. Bottom line, sales people who are on commission are wrong people to do customer service / lead generation tasks because their time costs too much plus commissions push people to stretch the truth or omit facts to make a buck.

Sales people on commission will do what makes them money. Sure, if you pay them enough they will create leads but it’s too expensive. It is better to pay $20/h person to operate phone and press buttons than pay $50/h car sales person to do the same.

Sales commissions are the problem. Sales people do not want to waste their time on creating leads or work with demanding customers. What Tesla needs is managers who care more about customer service.

It does not matter if such company existed or not. Tesla needs to do better.