This is a Tesla owner in that Ford impressed with it.
They simply aren't 10 years behind Tesla. I'm not really one to jump on a 1st generation car but give it a few years.
By the time electric cars can become mainstream I have no doubt those will be worthwhile. Hell they probably are now if people that own and have driven Tesla cars can walk away impressed.
they are 10 year behind in chips which is far more important than how the car feels inside out.
When it comes to electronic parts, these industry giants have contracts and dedicated supply lines for electronic control units (ECU). Most cars currently have a complicated web of ECU's that control different systems. By contrast, Tesla, uses only the two chips. The issue that comes up with these ECU webs is these larger companies feel pressured to continue with the current design, as switching to less chips would involve significant manufacturing changes as well as contractural renegotiation with ECU suppliers who stand to lose significant money in such a change.
Tesla Teardown Reveals It Is Miles Ahead Of The Competition In Technology
You can find me 100 auto reviews and they won't ever tell you what's really going on INSIDE of these cars. They are CAR reviewers.
Munro is an engineering expert.
Munro & Associates, Inc. | Home of Lean Design and Design Profit
and all these nice chips, battery advantages and etc, has no impact on how the car looks and drives! so of course other brands will continue to make nice cars.
So basically you are just looking at Tesla as just another car company which clearly isn't.
according to this article 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW.
Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW
they shared their findings with an engineer employed by a major Japanese automaker and basically threw the towel. They saw what Tesla is doing and realized they can't do it.
All other companies use multiple electronic control units — some have 20 or more. Tesla uses one. Automakers worry that computers like Tesla’s will make the supply chains they have cultivated over decades obsolete. Tesla is not shackled to outside suppliers and so it is free to pursue the best technologies available. Put another way, the supply chains that have helped today’s auto giants grow are now beginning to hamper their ability to innovate, Asia Nikkei says.
Teardown Finds Tesla Is 6 Years (At Least) Ahead Of The Competition
And this is a critical info. Any companies with $ can do what tesla is doing which will take some time.
“From software to electric drive systems, Tesla is steadily bringing more development tasks in-house,” says Asia Nikkei. “If this strategy succeeds, competitors will have little choice but to follow suit, upending their old business models and supply chains as they try to overcome Tesla’s head start.” Industry insiders expect such technology to become widely available by 2025 at the earliest. In theory, there should be nothing preventing Toyota or Volkswagen from creating similar AI computer systems earlier than 2025 considering their immense financial resources and vast talent pools, except for the issue of reconfiguring their long standing working relationship with their supply network.
But then Tesla don't stand still. they will continue to move ahead.
Nice vid of Munro's comment break down.
(mention of rare earth materials here - which is one of the reason why i'm invested in MP)
Munro Mentions
10 years of ahead of housing
10 years of ahead of casting
5 years ahead of electric motor design
again, these don't show up in car reviews. you can test drive any recent EVs and i'm sure they are nice.
listen to the part where he talks about Audi who makes fine cars. that's the problem with these great car companies. They are in their own ways. They can't make changes fast. he was talking about Audi Etron i think and how they didn't make any changes in 3 years because they can't. a great idea dies. and i'm sure etron is a nice car. it's a damn audi. it's an impeccable machine on a shallow surface.
Tesla on the other hand makes improvements every damn year. Tesla doesn't stand still. they aren't going to wait for other companies to catch up.
companies like Ford and GM are pretty fukked IMO. i highly doubt they will ever recreate their brand image. it doesn't matter the new Hummer EV is nice or not. they should've done this 10 years ago. basically it really doesn't matter if Blackberry or Nokia come out with an awesome Galaxy/Iphone alternative. they should've done it 10 years ago.
Here is a VW admitting Tesla having a 10 year head start.
Volkswagen admits to Tesla's 10-year headstart in the electric car race
Whatever the nice cars they make, Tesla will come out with something better very soon. Tesla's biggest moat is the speed of innovation. And every brands just have to play catch up.
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