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wtfburritoo t1_j5tvie2 wrote

Elon sat comfortably on their lead too long and got complacent. Now Tesla's no longer the innovative thing it used to be, and larger, more capable and higher-quality manufacturers (with actual production line quality control) are surpassing them, and Elon's busy playing spaceships, digging tunnels, and burying Twitter.

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dont-YOLO-ragequit t1_j5unpk2 wrote

This was ALWAYS the plan for automakers,they knew they could make better cars in under 5 years if the demand is there, they just didn't want have to do the marketing. Why are people shocked.

No manufacturers could get away with redoing a platform from front loaded mass above the front wheel center caps to a much heavier, along the floorboard center mass.

EVs also need small truck-like suspension that needs to be lightweight. It's was too far a jump in experiment for a niche market for any brand to risk.

Tesla managed to rebrand EVs by packaging them as Smartphone on wheels, fully integrating software and hardware and the crazy straight line race numbers.

The demand is still there so of course manufacturers are now hands on with it.

The only thing Tesla has going is they are still considered Luxury where people will overpay to have one but for how long?

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DBDude t1_j5vpq1h wrote

>Elon sat comfortably on their lead too long and got complacent.

Last year they started doubling down on AI training, so that by the end of the year they started installing a custom-designed AI training supercomputer that does 1.1 exaflops in only ten cabinets. For reference, the current fastest supercomputer in the world is 1.6 exaflops with with 74 cabinets. Technically their supercomputer does this at only 16 bit floating point compared to higher precision for the other computer, but it doesn't need more than 16 to train AI.

They also have an advantage in batteries in that they make their own, and they're ramping up mass production of a new battery design that has much higher density. They're not just buying exploding batteries from LG like GM is.

Also, nobody else has a Class 8 truck with decent range.

BTW, the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket in history just passed its full-stack fueling test. Yeah, just playing spaceships.

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smogop t1_j5ux2mg wrote

Which manufacturers are those ? The Toyotas which wheels fall off ? The Chevys that catch fire or the BMWs that will if they don’t get their software updated ?

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wtfburritoo t1_j5uywaj wrote

The manufacturers who can actually sell new cars with aligned body panels, no parts missing or loose, and no leaks in either the passenger or storage compartments. Also, the same manufacturers that actually address and correct problems like those you mentioned, instead of trying to sweep shit under the rug and hide actual data on their vehicles and mystical self-driving software.

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