When true self-driving is approved by regulators, it will mean that you will be able to summon your Tesla from pretty much anywhere. Once it picks you up, you will be able to sleep, read or do anything else enroute to your destination. You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation, significantly offsetting and at times potentially exceeding the monthly loan or lease cost. This dramatically lowers the true cost of ownership to the point where almost anyone could own a Tesla. Since most cars are only in use by their owner for 5% to 10% of the day, the fundamental economic utility of a true self-driving car is likely to be several times that of a car which is not.
Re:Rivian valued at over $100B after biggest IPO of 2021
by bink on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:26PM
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When you go to buy a Tesla the online order form will ask if you want FSD. You click "no". That's the extent of it. They don't try to push it on you, convince you it's a good deal, or call you a sucker for saying "no". It's just an option like any other.
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Re:Rivian valued at over $100B after biggest IPO of 2021
by kgwgk on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:50PM
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You’re a sucker if you pass on this opportunity of making money!
Re:Rivian valued at over $100B after biggest IPO of 2021
by tootie on Friday November 12, 2021 @03:01PM
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I live in NYC. If I could tell me car "go find parking" it would be a miracle.