Add me to that list. Model 3 is a car enthusiast ‘s car. Nimble, fun, torquey, and clean.
That's at least 10 years away probably 20. Actually, probably never with existing hardware. Why can't Tesla be content with selling and promoting the current cars as the best EVs on the market that are also exceptionally fun to drive? Because that's what these cars are. Maybe someday, they will have the subscription-based robotaxis they are hoping to create. But I can assure you the model 3 in my garage will never have that capability during the next six or so years I plan on owning it. So for now, they should design the UI to provide me with the best experience my car can provide me... a car driver not taxi owner.
I read about the earnings call. The headline for the story on CNN.com was...
Wonderful old photos. When things used to be still clean, simple and elegant.
Hence, my comments that he is not interested in the EV anymore; his attention is totally on AI and he sees the world through that lens. Tesla definitely needs a new CEO.Quite the earnings call I guess.
Elon Musk is placing a bet on robots. It could be a long time coming
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he believes the company's goal of a humanoid robot is the most important thing it's working on.www.cnn.com
Yup we’re a million miles away from the concept of sharing our cars! Every time I get in a taxi all I think is god it stinks in here glad I don’t have to do this too often. I can definitely see a future where we reduce car ownership by household and great if robo taxis are part of that future. But people will still want the convenience of jumping in their own car when they want to. And also the fun of driving!
I listened to the entire earnings call. Listened to parts of it multiple times. Elon was getting frustrated that people were not seeing the big picture. That the cars they are selling today are in reality worth 5 times as much because they are all future robotaxi capable. The financial implications are "nutty good".
Not going to work in my household anyway, wife is a Nurse working shifts …. I’m a HV Engineer working 2week on 2week off away from home. She needs the car because of the hours she starts (public transport is a bust), I need the car to tote all my gear around in. 2 cars required
Also Elon will never need to step foot in a shared robotaxi in his life! Where is the customer research that shows people actually want this?? Detached from reality coupled with no common sense is not a recipe for success. Love my Tesla love driving it. Have no intentions of watching movies in it!! I can’t even read my phone when my other half is driving without feeling sick!
I hate being driven by someone I don’t know, let alone some AI lol. Same as you with looking at screens while moving too, get sick. It’s to do with the ears & eyes not registering the same movements.
Take a great car and do just this would equal a phenomenal car. And that “best experience” is not the greatest media player on wheels, nor the most automated for things that the developers think they know how to do better than the folks who actually use the car. Move the entire robotaxi goal to a different platform (Model R?), built a few prototypes, test as desired, build a few more, sell them, lather, rinse and repeat. Just don’t continue to screw up what is otherwise the best EV available today.
