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Remember when BMW couldn't update their cars with auto-park after the regulators gave to go head? I'm not all that worried about Tesla. Their competencies are

Remember when BMW couldn't update their cars with auto-park after the regulators gave to go head? I'm not all that worried about Tesla. Their competencies are in Software and the Supercharger/Battery Infra. No one is going to come close to that in 5-10 years at a minimum.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
I look forward to Tesla releasing self-driving ridesharing in the next few years. Can't afford a Tesla? Pay per ride!
- matheweis 11y ago
  That won't be from Tesla, but rather from Uber. They poached Carnegie Mellon's entire robotics department, among others to focus on this goal.
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    Under circumstances, possibly, if they're not sued out of business first.
- prostoalex 11y ago
  http://tesloop.com/ http://tesloop.com/
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musk-hints-tesla-may-enter-ride-sharing-space-2015-11 http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musk-hints-tesla-may-enter-ri... Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemingly confirmed on Tuesday that the company is working on a strategy for getting into transportation services. During Tesla’s third-quarter earnings conference call, Musk was asked if the company was planning to get into an Uber-like business. Musk tried to keep mum, but when pressed he hinted that the company was at least entertaining the idea. “There is a right time to make announcements and this is not that time,” Musk said during the call. He added that the strategy for such a service was not yet “fully-baked,” which implies the company does in fact have some semblance of a strategy.
sremani 11y ago
5-10 ? When it comes to infrastructure Tesla is no way ahead by 5 years. Auto-pilot perhaps they may have deployment advantage given that they have only 2 models and (pre 2014 models of S wont get auto-pilot too). Greatly exaggerated, TSLA is a wonderful company and vision but their market cap is way way off, for what they do.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  Can you point me to another auto manufacturer's free charging network? > 595 Supercharger stations with 3,465 Superchargers https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger This doesn't include destination chargers at hotels, restaurants, and other establishments.
  - sremani 11y ago
    GM will be rolling out with Bolt EV, primarily that would be any GM dealership. I really do not know about the count, but it is interesting place to start. The way forward would be to rope in utilities like NRG(which already has lot of charging stations) to provide the backbone for the system. As days go by it looks like the major car companies are in agreement with their plug standards. The other aspect is free charging is not promised by Tesla on Model 3. So cannot take into consideration for Bolt EV infrastructure.
    - toomuchtodo 11y ago
      Right. No existing infrastructure, just cobbled together dealership charging stations. No autopilot in the Bolt. No OTA software updates (in the US, at least), as it violates the franchise agreement with dealerships. No high-voltage DC charging such that a Supercharger can offer (just the designed-by-committee CHAdeMO junk). That's why Tesla is 5 years ahead.
      - sremani 11y ago
        Tesla started putting out super chargers in 2011, even in 2013 it was anemic and nothing outside of their traditional bastions, from mid 2013 is when they ramped things up and have currently put out there. So 2 years. On Auto-Pilot front Audi, Volvo and Mercedes(these guys have a truck on auto-pilot) are out there and they are not lagging in pure technical terms, as I said deployment wise they have to do the ground work. It does not matter CHAdeMO is supercharger a 20-30 minute fast charging is NOT ideal(too much wait and too much screwing the battery), and people should be looking for better solutions.

toomuchtodo 11y ago

I look forward to Tesla releasing self-driving ridesharing in the next few years. Can't afford a Tesla? Pay per ride!

matheweis 11y ago
That won't be from Tesla, but rather from Uber. They poached Carnegie Mellon's entire robotics department, among others to focus on this goal.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  Under circumstances, possibly, if they're not sued out of business first.
prostoalex 11y ago
http://tesloop.com/ http://tesloop.com/
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musk-hints-tesla-may-enter-ride-sharing-space-2015-11 http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musk-hints-tesla-may-enter-ri... Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemingly confirmed on Tuesday that the company is working on a strategy for getting into transportation services. During Tesla’s third-quarter earnings conference call, Musk was asked if the company was planning to get into an Uber-like business. Musk tried to keep mum, but when pressed he hinted that the company was at least entertaining the idea. “There is a right time to make announcements and this is not that time,” Musk said during the call. He added that the strategy for such a service was not yet “fully-baked,” which implies the company does in fact have some semblance of a strategy.

sremani 11y ago

5-10 ? When it comes to infrastructure Tesla is no way ahead by 5 years. Auto-pilot perhaps they may have deployment advantage given that they have only 2 models and (pre 2014 models of S wont get auto-pilot too). Greatly exaggerated, TSLA is a wonderful company and vision but their market cap is way way off, for what they do.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
Can you point me to another auto manufacturer's free charging network? > 595 Supercharger stations with 3,465 Superchargers https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger This doesn't include destination chargers at hotels, restaurants, and other establishments.
- sremani 11y ago
  GM will be rolling out with Bolt EV, primarily that would be any GM dealership. I really do not know about the count, but it is interesting place to start. The way forward would be to rope in utilities like NRG(which already has lot of charging stations) to provide the backbone for the system. As days go by it looks like the major car companies are in agreement with their plug standards. The other aspect is free charging is not promised by Tesla on Model 3. So cannot take into consideration for Bolt EV infrastructure.
  - toomuchtodo 11y ago
    Right. No existing infrastructure, just cobbled together dealership charging stations. No autopilot in the Bolt. No OTA software updates (in the US, at least), as it violates the franchise agreement with dealerships. No high-voltage DC charging such that a Supercharger can offer (just the designed-by-committee CHAdeMO junk). That's why Tesla is 5 years ahead.
    - sremani 11y ago
      Tesla started putting out super chargers in 2011, even in 2013 it was anemic and nothing outside of their traditional bastions, from mid 2013 is when they ramped things up and have currently put out there. So 2 years. On Auto-Pilot front Audi, Volvo and Mercedes(these guys have a truck on auto-pilot) are out there and they are not lagging in pure technical terms, as I said deployment wise they have to do the ground work. It does not matter CHAdeMO is supercharger a 20-30 minute fast charging is NOT ideal(too much wait and too much screwing the battery), and people should be looking for better solutions.