At least, the price is not in proportion to the offer. The Tesla owners don’t think the Autopilot driving function is too great.
Teslas are actually quite brilliant. Especially as EVs. Charging is smooth, the range is long enough for carefree driving and the performance is almost always impressive. Also nice: everything you want is included as standard. Saves thousands of euros again.
That’s not to say there aren’t options. If you put together a Tesla in the configurator, you can put together some options. Think of a different color for the exterior and interior. Or a nicer rim. There are also two ‘software’ options. Autopilot and FSD (Full Self Driving).
Tesla owners unhappy with Autopilot
The Autopilot has some fun functions such as Autopark and Smart Summon. That you can drive the car to you with your phone. Or change lanes (if you’re behind the wheel, of course). FSD goes just a little further. Then the car can largely drive itself and even recognize traffic signs and traffic lights.
But according to CNN Business you should not choose that option at all. It once started as a fun option for $2,500, today Autopilot costs $15,000. According to the Tesla owners, that is way too much money for what you get. It always has been, actually. Autopilot is more of a promise, a kind of beta program than a really functioning option, according to the American news channel.
Counter arguments?
Tesla honcho Elon Musk has been promising since 2015 that it will be completely ready in a few years, but in 2022 it is still not ‘finished’. The “study” done by CNN confirms that almost all Tesla owners are unhappy with it and would never pay $15,000 for it.
Can we punch a few more holes in this research? Yes, of course! Look, Tesla Autopilot is obviously a product for the “innovators” on the adoption curve. For people who want the latest technical gadgets. They are more likely to settle for some minor bugs.
But not in the CNN ‘investigation’. We put research in parentheses, because the number of respondents was very limited. So scanty that your thesis supervisor would never be satisfied with it: 13! And 11 of them were dissatisfied. So not only Fox News knows how to make the news more exciting than it is. Finally: Elon Musk is often a bit too enthusiastic with release dates, but eventually the products come to the market. So no doubt to be continued!
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