Not a "realistic expectation" in a car that is 1/2 of the price of the single other great looking electric car with 2 screens. You cant have everything. You cant have S60 Range, S60 screens and everything else and still have it cost 1/2 as much. Sorry for trying to be realistic. I am sure designers sat in a room and discussed how they would keep the price down and something had to go. I am sure they wanted a spaceship HUD and 3 screens, but they just couldn't manage it and keep costs down while delivering on time. Do you think we are smarter then them? I mean, we all think a HUD or a second screen or instrument cluster is mandatory, but it clearly isn't.
The 3-series is half the price of a 7-series, but it doesn't get rid of any basic driving features. The freakin' Bolt has more interior features than Model 3. You're trying to tell me that a car with a bigger battery that is more expensive by the cell can afford to include buttons and extra screens for about the same price, but Tesla can't? This was not a cost-cutting measure, it was a design choice.
It's realistic to expect a dashboard display. Every single car has one. Tesla can't figure out how to do the same on a $35,000 car without breaking the bank? Sure, the car is half the price, but it's still more expensive than what most people are able to afford. This is not a cheap car, but it's built like one.
There is no excuse for alienating so many potential buyers. If an extra screen costs $1000, raise the price. Don't want to do that? Build it in somewhere else. Charge people for maps. Add an extra cent onto supercharging costs. Charge for 4G. Or just suck it up and eat the $1000. You'll make it back and then some with the margins on options that most people will go for, because again, it's a luxury-priced car. The people who can afford a $35k vehicle can probably afford to throw a few more grand at it in options. And if Tesla will not be profitable on a $35,000 car by adding a $1000 screen? Wow oh boy are they in trouble.
Not Poor, because many didn't think the fat fingered touch screen was going to work at all, much less for typing.
Key words there: didn't think.
I know one screen will not work. The proof is in the Model S and X. Do you think one screen can work after driving around your Model X? I don't see how the information displayed to you on two screens can be consolidated into one smaller screen. There is nothing about the Model 3 that would not require that information to be displayed. It's a car. It does car things like the Model S.
So yes. I think its unrealistic to expect 100 features in a car priced to have 50 features. I am sorry that the designers didnt keep the features you wanted and got rid of the features you didnt, but hard choices have to be made. My guess is they err on the side of easiest to produce over cost specifically. They also clearly wanted to be a Tesla and not look like every other car.
I think it's realistic to expect 50 features on a car that's half the price of a 100 feature car. No argument there. But I don't think it's unrealistic to expect basic features to be included in those 50. Things that would get tossed on the way down to 50 from 100 would be things like automatic doors, power liftgate, luxury trim, etc. but not the freakin' dashboard! No other car company cuts costs like that because it's ridiculous.
Bottom line: if Tesla can't make a compelling car for $35000, they should not be in the automotive business. As of right now, Model 3 is not compelling, especially not at that price point.
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