Only those with no understanding of how multi-nationals compliance work think that replacing Salesforce or Monday with internal development systems, even with AI assistance tooling, is a reasonable use of their engineering's time.
1) sufficiently long track record of reliability (I might consider Ford and Rivian now)
2) free remote start and unlock
3) camera recordings - how is this not standard in all cars by now?
4) not having to buy via dealership (this is worth a lot to me). Bought a Tesla on my couch in 15 minutes and picking it up took 15 minutes. Dealerships take hours and hours, and try to upsell you.
5) $35k to $40k price point - if BYD were to come to America, I would drop Tesla in a heartbeat
The camera recordings thing to me BLOWS MY MIND! Also for competitors such as Volvo -- only finally having a functional user experience for apple or google. They are years behind on the trivial matters (that people care about).
I don't think Ford is in the running.
FSD is pretty sweet especially compared to volvo's woefully poor autopilot efforts.
Government regulations around fuel efficiency per size of vehicle as well as crash test safety as well as materials.
People universally seem to dislike the size increase in vehicles, but this was due largely to magical requirements for fuel efficiency standards. The obvious result was putting smaller engines in larger cars and adding a turbo.
On the complexity side of things, cramming the safety gear into the car while also getting maximal efficiency and keeping costs low meant some rather terrible design choices from a repairability perspective.
All that said, I do love the safety requirements. I got hit by a Ford F150 in a Miata and walked away perfectly fine.
Agreed on the safety. I can't tell how safe a car is by looking at it, so I'm all for government minimums in that area.
I'm not convinced CAFE is the way to go for fuel efficiency. The obvious thing to do is put some kind of levy on the expected total emissions of the vehicle over its lifetime, regardless of size, which would encourage people to buy cars no larger than their needs dictate. The current system seems inefficient.
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