Tesla Talk 2

no, they just stopped rational new product development in 2020 or so… remember the gigacastings, the 4680 battery development, the model 3, the S…. And now old blather about a boggo spec MY being the best they can actually bring to market.

The autonomy and robot stuff is pure pie in the sky vaporware to sustain an unsustainable share price. It will go bang, and it’s a shame as Tesla will be looked upon as being the biggest historical upset to the motor industry since Henry’s model T.

I know, but there is no sign of any new cars which is the only saleable thing the company makes.

Henry Ford lost his way in a similar way, he assumed mild updates of the model T is all anyone would ever want and got a bit distracted building tractors in Cork and creating Fordlandia… His successors got things back on track though.

Anyone have any idea what Tesla pull in every month from the €10 a vehicle charge for the "premium connectivity" package?

I'm presuming it's a fair chunk of change considering the amount of them on the road worldwide.

Just use your phone as a hotspot.

it also said…

“It also didn’t cover all driving conditions, such as adverse weather, where experts say lidar could be crucial, instead of just relying on cameras.”

The model X also failed that “pitch black” test. I wonder why? 🤔

So it’s not definitive one way or the other. Just one set of tests.

Sales are up though, so maybe this toxicity you speak of is actually driving more Irish customers to the brand?

I'd say it's minimal enough or even a break-even product to support the standard connectivity. The cheapest phone plans we have here are about €15/month but Tesla would get a bulk discount and I'm not sure what they pay google for the satellite maps view or the traffic updates but it's probably about €1/car so as long as their deal with the Dutch service provider is less than €9 Tesla are in profit

Tesla Ireland sales are up 27% and Irish EV sales are also up 27%.
it’s only 900 vehicles though, and they have 2 recently refreshed models.

They’re now the 21st best selling car brand in Ireland, which is a record high I think.

Tesla will obviously be sucked up in this meme cycle, but even that aside, you could see from the numbers behind last weeks 9.5% gap downwards that it didn’t have any momentum to continue.

Tsla is back to level on the 1 week chart. If ever you needed proof that there are no Tesla shareholders who care about manufacturing cars, this past week is it 😀