March 21 is a long way off. It's
I'm starting to worry about the $10K bet. I really thought I was safe back in November.
As noted previously, I *had* thought that your 18Q1(EOQ) bet was safe enough.
Now, quite probably less so with this new Nav-centric announcement sucking up some of the available resources. Nav has needed attention for years now relative to existing alternatives. And while it’s nice that Nav relief is finally coming, it seems to illuminate an effort to fill space/kill time now that Elon’s on record with no FSD for another 3 years (while, in part, they build and test their own AI/boards). The latter being a striking announcement, btw, when taken in concert with Volvo’s recent retrenchment. THREE MORE YEARS!!!! All together now... Kumbayaaaaaaaaaa... *breathe* *breathe*. O(h)mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Seems those who shelled out their $3K for FSD a year ago just got sold the same bill of goods that those who waited in line got in exchange for Elon’s pronouncements about how they were going to get, separately, “something special”. P.T., meet Barnum. In both cases, truly the greatest shows on Earth (and soon to be Mars with possibly an intermediate sojourn to the Moon). Not a bad thing. After all, if there wasn’t one born every minute, who would buy Cheez Whiz? Anyway... moving along...
Note that the just-announced Nav fixes are supposed to be fleetwide. Meaning EOQ1 makes sense for wide release and the resultant buzz.
That clears the way for the interior refresh due Q2.
And that leaves the rest of 2018 and all of 2019 to dribble out AP2 - AP4 improvements, not to mention necessary infrastructure improvements (cue
Barry White)* with 2020 being a banner year for AP4 and FSD.
Can it happen faster? Sure. When?
Wait for it...
Soon.
* No, I don’t really expect snake chargers to be deployed *adjacent public roadways* in the next decade, if ever. But if they are, they better play Barry White at every one.