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Here are some of the new features/improvements that came to Tesla vehicles this year, for free, you didn't need to upgrade to a new car to get all of these new features
But their test of sincerity is yet to come. The question is, how long will they support a strategy in which their existence as a legal middleman is questioned and their role as service provider is diminished to may be a tenth of now.
Here are some of the new features/improvements that came to Tesla vehicles this year, for free, you didn't need to upgrade to a new car to get all of these new features
This is cool and all, I really mean that, but most of these were not available to every Tesla ever sold. So, if you wanted some of these things, you did in fact have to get a new car.
Im waiting for the birds eye view thing and maybe Apple Music.
I think they're working on the bird's eye view. I recall Elon responding to a request for it on Twitter saying that it was something they could do. I'm sure Tesla would like to add Apple Music but I wonder if Apple won't allow it because Tesla doesn't have Carplay. Have you tried the web version of Apple Music, that should work with the built in Chromium based browser.
Also it seems that Tidal is coming soon as code for that has been discovered
Also seems like all of the new features weren't released on time with the Holiday update. Elon hinted that there were a few bugs to work out so maybe these will come out next month after the bugs are fixed
I think they're working on the bird's eye view. I recall Elon responding to a request for it on Twitter saying that it was something they could do.
Considering the physical placements of the cameras, any software kludge to stitch together the images to get the bird's eye view on the current Teslas will never be ideal. There's a huge blind spot up front where Tesla cheapened out and decided not to put a camera above the bumper. I'm not convinced the side cameras can capture most of the angles required too.
Sorry, but a proper bird's eye view will never be just an OTA update away.
Last edited by BurnabyTSX; 12-30-2020 at 01:23 PM.
ARK investments have been really bullish on electric vehicles in general and Tesla in particular. Their views and projections are much closer to mine ...
.................. Though at small bases today, in our view most of the platforms mentioned above are entering exponential growth trajectories thanks to the falling costs and increasing productivity associated with technologically enabled innovation. For example, in response to the 28% cost decline in lithium-ion batteries for every cumulative doubling in units produced globally, prices will continue to fall, “turbocharging” electric vehicle (EV) sales. According to our research,[1]EV sales will scale 20-fold globally during the next five years, from an estimated 2 million and ~2.5% of the market this year to 40 million and ~45% in 2025. If we are right, the good news is that EVs will generate exponential growth in the auto market for the first time in 100 years. The bad news is that, just as rapidly, the more expensive gas-powered cars that dominate the market today will lose almost half of their sales base. Moreover, if transportation goes autonomous, as we believe it will, the auto market will continue to shrink as the capacity utilization per car increases. .............
Thats approximately half of the global automotive market in five years..... way to go.
The remaining 55% will be part of the declining market share at that point. Not to mention that the prices of used ICE vehicles will plummet.
So anyone planning to buy an internal combustion engine at that point will be either super rich or super dumb or a varying combination of the two.
Elon musk has said in an interview that he’s willing to license technology the other auto makers and he specifically mentions BMW. I assume some sort of talks are going on behind the scene between these automakers.
So Tesla is willing to help other auto makers who ridiculed them in the first place.
world shortest turning radius and most refined ride on 17 and 18 inch rims with wind/tire noise suppression in tall body.. try combine all those into one any other platform
now Yeh will come out from woodwork seeing Honda and Porsche in same competition. quality of construction and material you to have touch to feel it.
Road Test of the Year 2020: Honda e – Car Dealer Magazine Compare the e with something like a Tesla Model 3 – a current internet favourite – and Mr Musk’s creation comes off as an anonymous, amorphous, Florida rental car
As a result, it doesn’t feel like your average supermini – nor your average small EV. There’s no torque steer, no unwieldy top-heavy cornering, and almost comedic levels of grip to go with the instant shove from the electric motor. All in all, it’s a bit of a hoot.
Honda does not have many dealers in Europe to be influenced.
Model 3 still has plenty of road noise despite updates. There is nothing ground breaking in Model 3 interms of interior space, weight, turn radius, refinement in its class. It is just big battery on VW bug/Toyota Prius cross.
New Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus 2020 review | Auto Express The lack of any combustion engine highlights another area where the Model 3 needs work. On the move, there’s plenty of road noise transferred into the cabin, and despite the addition of acoustic glass in the latest round of updates, it’s one of few aspects of the Model 3 where Tesla still has room for improvement.
2020 Honda e (hondanews.eu) Honda engineers benchmarked the ride quality of the car against larger segment cars, utilising a four-wheel independent MacPherson strut design with forged aluminium components to ensure stability under hard acceleration, as well as a comfortable and refined ride for occupants.
Honda does not have many dealers in Europe to be influenced.
Model 3 still has plenty of road noise despite updates. There is nothing ground breaking in Model 3 interms of interior space, weight, turn radius, refinement in its class. It is just big battery on VW bug/Toyota Prius cross.
Unless you find 0-60 in 3.7 seconds (in the Long Range model) ground breaking. Or over the air software updates. Or a nation-wide network of fast chargers. Or the dual motor battery preconditioning system.
Who gives a shit if it's heavy if it's fast? Acuras are lighter and are slow as shit. Also, because this needs to be said all the damn time with Honda: Tesla dual Motor AWD are actually RWD with front wheel assist, not the phony AWD system Acura offers.
Honda is so far behind in modern technology it's not even funny.
Acura NSX can do it in less than 3 seconds. Not only less than 3 seconds but pull 1.1G. and that is very small battery and it is very sustainable. Car weight class important otherwise people will compare 4 cylinder cars with V12.
software updates cannot improve ride quality or noise suppression.
Acura NSX can do it in less than 3 seconds. Not only less than 3 seconds but pull 1.1G. and that is very small battery and it is very sustainable. Car weight class important otherwise people will compare 4 cylinder cars with V12.
software updates cannot improve ride quality or noise suppression.
I could buy two Performance 3s, take your mother to Fiji and pay her for her services for 6 months for the price of one NSX.
All I’m glad is that SSFTSX seems to be finally onto electric cars. The Honda is a cute EV for daily driving/ city purposes and hope will sell well too, but it’s definitely not even comparable to what Tesla offers.
Welcome to the party dude. The more the merrier.
Already back to within pennies of it's S&P inclusion price
Good.
Originally Posted by Comfy
All I’m glad is that SSFTSX seems to be finally onto electric cars. The Honda is a cute EV for daily driving/ city purposes and hope will sell well too, but it’s definitely not even comparable to what Tesla offers.
Welcome to the party dude. The more the merrier.
Unfortunately he's only going to ignore the Honda's shortcomings and put it, along with some useless specification, on a pedestal in a failed attempt to prove that the Honda is superior.
The concept is that we would want every auto maker to produce electric vehicles, and want all available platforms to promote it so that General awareness and EV adoption increases.
The reality is that even with all this variety of vehicles in the market, eventually people will realize that Tesla is superior technologically and will come back to Tesla and that ultimately increases Tesla’s sales.
The concept is that we would want every auto maker to produce electric vehicles, and want all available platforms to promote it so that General awareness and EV adoption increases.
The reality is that even with all this variety of vehicles in the market, eventually people will realize that Tesla is superior technologically and will come back to Tesla and that ultimately increases Tesla’s sales.
All while bashing every other brand for a variety of unrelated shortcomings?
Tesla is not superior technologically, they are just ok using their customers and the road going public as guinea pigs for their immature technology unlike every other automaker. They beta test everything on the road in public unlike other automakers who do it in private on test tracks. I always feel like they are one step away from being sued into oblivion when something goes wrong.
If you think VAG, GM, Ford, Daimler, BMW, etc don't have the engineering capacity to make cars with the same tech as a Tesla you are really delusional.
All while bashing every other brand for a variety of unrelated shortcomings?
Tesla is not superior technologically, they are just ok using their customers and the road going public as guinea pigs for their immature technology unlike every other automaker. They beta test everything on the road in public unlike other automakers who do it in private on test tracks. I always feel like they are one step away from being sued into oblivion when something goes wrong.
If you think VAG, GM, Ford, Daimler, BMW, etc don't have the engineering capacity to make cars with the same tech as a Tesla you are really delusional.
There's a ton of truth in the bold.
I would say, from a straight battery technology on the road today, Tesla remains superior. That's the technology I worry most about.
Tesla just needs to figure out manufacturing. It's getting better, but the initial quality is pretty bad. Tesla is good about addressing these issues quickly, but I shouldn't need a checklist at vehicle pickup.
I don't have many opinions about FSD. I think, ultimately, none of the Teslas on the road right now will ever truly "Full Self Drive" and the beta program is appalling.
If they didn't test it on real roads and only on a private track y'all would say "yEaH bUt hOw dOeS iT wOrK iN tHe rEaL wOrLd, iT cAn wOrK pErFeCtLy oN a cLoSeD tRaCk bUt tHe rEaL wOrLd iS cRaZy"
And uuhhh everyone else making their own FSD is testing on public roads.
The following permit holders reported autonomous testing in California (listed in alphabetical order):
If they didn't test it on real roads and only on a private track y'all would say "yEaH bUt hOw dOeS iT wOrK iN tHe rEaL wOrLd, iT cAn wOrK pErFeCtLy oN a cLoSeD tRaCk bUt tHe rEaL wOrLd iS cRaZy"
Also, I really don't care if I'm on your ignore list or not, all it does is stroke your ego to not have discussions about things that don't meet your bias.
12-29-2020, 12:36 PM
