I would agree. Tesla didn't really need to cut the prices until 2020/2021, when more real competition will come to market. Until then they should've taken advan

I would agree. Tesla didn't really need to cut the prices until 2020/2021, when more real competition will come to market. Until then they should've taken advantage of this window to fix their finances and make sure they have enough cash for future investments. Not to mention this whole price cut thing pissed off a lot of Model 3 customers who purchased earlier. I also share your concern about Tesla/Musk's extreme focus on "self-driving features". For now I don't think self-driving is much more than a gimmick. Yes, a gimmick that attracts headlines, but nonethless a gimmick and it's only a matter of time before more people wake up and realize it is one and that full self-driving is nowhere close to being ready. In the meantime, Tesla adds a significant amount of cost to its cars by making them "self-driving ready" and whatnot, instead of focusing on capturing more EV market share by launching lower-cost EVs. And no there is no contradiction between what I said about the price cutting above and the lower-cost EVs. The lower-cost EVs don't have to be unprofitable. Tesla just needs to stop adding "useless" features such as falcon wings and "full self-driving hardware" (that doesn't even achieve its objective) and make its EVs both unprofitable but also costing more than they should.