ken830
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To me, when I think about why anyone would specifically buy a Prius, I think it's for the fuel efficiency or "greeness" (or the image of it). If that's true, then they would've all moved on to EVs that offer way better fuel efficiency. Same with many any other category of vehicles and this is growing as EVs are made available in more vehicle categories. People who buy cars primarily for acceleration or performance? Moved on to EVs. People who buy cars primarily because of quiet and comfort? Moved on to EVs. It's just going to keep happening because the EV drivetrain is superior in nearly every metric with little or no compromises.
I currently own two Teslas with FSD option. The FSD Beta works pretty well. Sure, I guess I'm a fanboy of Tesla, but I was a fan more than 10 years ago, so I don't think I'm a fanboy for the sake of being a fanboy. I genuinely love their products.
As for FSD: It's ironic because Tesla makes vehicles that are SOO fun to drive and they also make the best software to allow you to NOT have to drive. I have it because I am a huge AI fanboy and work at an AI startup and would like to keep my finger on the pulse of leading-edge AI products. As I've said before: the coming of AI will change absolutely everything in our lives and will make the huge changes brought on by the Internet and smartphones look like peanuts. I totally called it in the mid 90's before the web & the Internet took over and I'm seeing AI now as an even stronger wave of change.
The thing I don't get are people giving Tesla $15k (used to be less but still significant sum of money) for FSD, with no promises that it will ever work or could be used during the time they own the car.
Those are fanboys.
I currently own two Teslas with FSD option. The FSD Beta works pretty well. Sure, I guess I'm a fanboy of Tesla, but I was a fan more than 10 years ago, so I don't think I'm a fanboy for the sake of being a fanboy. I genuinely love their products.
As for FSD: It's ironic because Tesla makes vehicles that are SOO fun to drive and they also make the best software to allow you to NOT have to drive. I have it because I am a huge AI fanboy and work at an AI startup and would like to keep my finger on the pulse of leading-edge AI products. As I've said before: the coming of AI will change absolutely everything in our lives and will make the huge changes brought on by the Internet and smartphones look like peanuts. I totally called it in the mid 90's before the web & the Internet took over and I'm seeing AI now as an even stronger wave of change.