I agree FUD will continue. What I meant (and didn't make clear) is that FSD will destroy as a plausible argument the FUD about competition. Only the totally irrational will try to argue that competition has caught up when Tesla has an obviously game-changing technology that no one else has. But even these haters might realize they can't convince anyone and must shift to other FUD.I think you are not taking into account how irrational the Anti-Tesla crowd is. There will always be FUD against Tesla.
Depends how we define "a long time." The rise of air travel is probably the closest analogy, but it's not close because early planes were less safe than FSD will be, and flying is scarier. My intuition is that yes "a lot of people won't trust it" at first, but most people will quickly adapt when they see others doing it. Humans are kinda sheepish that way.And true sleep-in-the-back autonomy will take a long time to penetrate the market. First off, a lot of people won't trust it. There will be a fatality eventually and that will dominate the news and talk radio and social media. Never mind that it will be ten times safer than human drivers. The FUD will explode.
Disagree. According to Elon's Master Plan Part Deux, Tesla Network will allow anyone to afford a Tesla (even before the $25k car arrives) because robotaxi income will allow the car to pay for itself.Second, for a good while it will be available only in more-expensive cars that many people cannot afford.
The transition will be obvious to the market, which is forward-looking and will price TSLA accordingly.The transition will be gradual as only the most technologically progressive will want it at first.