Tesla's Spending on R&D and Marketing, Compared to Other Automakers

Re:Tesla's Spending on R&D and Marketing, Compared to Other ... by AtlasBarfed on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:33PM (#28833359)

To be fair, Toyota and GM make a hell of a lot more cars, so their total amount of R&D is probably pretty good. It likely dwarfs Tesla's budget.

Which honestly makes what Tesla is doing with the budget they do have all the more astonishing.

I'd be interested to see a breakdown for software budget. Say what you will about FSD, Tesla produces far better software than GM, Ford, VW, or Toyota.

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Re:Tesla's Spending on R&D and Marketing, Compared to Other ... by jnwatson on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:42PM (#28833451)

I didn’t find Tesla’s software particularly good. The overall UX in a new BMW IMHO is quite a bit better.

At the same time, it isn’t completely the software team’s fault that their UX is bad. Big touchscreen with no extra controls is naïve design.

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