Software isn't that special and some companies far eclipse it e.g. Volvo Polestar 2. Autopilot is a death trap so no advantage there. Supercharger network is definitely a big one but not for much longer.
Most established carmakers haven't yet realized (in terms of adapting their engineering) that this, combined with the very high conversion efficiency of electric motors, means that electric cars get much greater advantages from efficiency improvements than ICE cars do. Single-digit improvements to efficiency in motors, inverters/power electronics and aerodynamics/roll resistance translate almost directly to single-digit improvements in range. And hence also allow smaller batteries, cheaper construction, lighter construction, which again allows a smaller battery.
You can see this very clearly in Audi and Jaguar's models, that have significantly lower range than Tesla's cars for each kWh of battery capacity.
https://insideevs.com/hyundai-kona-electric-race-tesla-model...
The Kona narrowly beat the Model X.
I have actually not seen a working prototype of this software. All videos I have seen just show a dummy screen with nobody actually using it. Do you have a source you could post that explains how this software far eclipses the Tesla software?
> Autopilot is a death trap so no advantage there.
Could you explain this more? All data I have seen shows Autopilot is much safer than a human driver.
This is why I get annoyed when somebody argues that Tesla doesn't do false marketing. Why would this guy think that autopilot is safer than a human driver, when they aren't even comparable. Why would you compare an assistance system to a human. Isn't that done to imply that autopilot is actually driverless?
Compare the efficiency of their vehicles (especially the Model 3), to something like the I-Pace or e-tron.
But Tesla’s real advantage lies in it’s software, it’s autopilot, it’s economies of scale in battery production, and it’s supercharger network. Competitors will eventually catch up with all this stuff, but it won’t happen overnight.