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Re:Experts say Tesla has repeated car industry mistakes from... by pbreit on Sunday April 22, 2018 @01:19PM (#16897207)
Battery operated cars, battery operation ecosystem, over the air updates, over the update that enabled auto-pilot, radically redesigned internal controls, direct sales, no haggle pricing.
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Re:Experts say Tesla has repeated car industry mistakes from... by beamatronic on Sunday April 22, 2018 @01:26PM (#16897245)
Let’s be honest and pare this down to battery pack technology, over-the-air updates/always connected to the Internet and direct sales.
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Re:Experts say Tesla has repeated car industry mistakes from... by fma on Sunday April 22, 2018 @02:46PM (#16897775)
I wouldn't even give Tesla the credit of revolutionary for connected cars. On Star has been in GM vehicles for a very long time (1996 says Wikipedia), offering various levels of connectivity.
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Re:Experts say Tesla has repeated car industry mistakes from... by Fins on Sunday April 22, 2018 @03:05PM (#16897886)
No-haggle pricing -- Saturn. Battery vehicles -- EV-1 (granted, there were many even before that). Enabling autopilot -- better not go there...

If you look closely, there is very little that's actually innovative about Tesla (and what is is mostly Panasonic battery tech).

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