Re:Tesla Q4 2018 Earnings Letter
by farisjarrah on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @05:59PM
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I am not so sure. Its really not just about their cars being electric. Its the whole technological package that's miles and miles ahead of the competition. I just bought a new Honda with Lane Keep Assist and Adaptive Cruise Control and a whole host of other features. Compared to my boss's tesla the "self-driving" features of the Honda are nothing. My honda doesnt even really have a way to get OTA updates to any software even though this car is a 2019 model with a persistent GSM internet connection.
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Was your Honda 50,000, which is I think the minimum to get the tesla self driving features? I believe with paying for the 5,000 option you get no self driving features on the tesla, just old school cruise control.
That's not true, the 5000 add on was to be able to get the full self-driving when it comes out (which it hasn't yet). I have a Model 3 and I didn't opt in for the add on. You can always add it on later since it's just software, once it comes out. I still have full adaptive cruise control, auto steer, auto lane-change.
Sorry, maybe it is just the Model 3, but I thought to get anything like lane keeping and ACC, you had to buy the self driving package, otherwise you only get standard cruise and no lane keeping, which are standard on Honda now.
Exactly. Even things like the aerodynamics - the Audi coming out still looks like a gas-powered car and doesn’t seem to have taken advantage of the reduction in drag coefficient that is possible when you remove every vestigal design decision that was made, in part, to accomodate an engine, exhaust system etc.