Given this video and the one from last week I’m convinced that autopilot doesn’t know how to apply the brakes.

I’d take that bet / race, so you’re saying a Model 3 LR will complete a 550 mile trip in the same time as any gas car? Even under perfect conditions it’s not even close, that trip is going to take way longer in the Model 3.

Just because you haven’t experienced it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t occur.

Yeah, it just depends how you drive your trips.

There are always stories of Tesla superchargers getting backed up for hours around Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’m not sure why people are willing to subject themselves to that;

It’s not an accurate claim.

The same complaint can be said about many gas vehicles.

Exactly. When people see the charge rate, it gets bumped to “commuter car” status, and that often means the budget is far lower.

Agreed. It absolutely depends how you road trip. If you only do 200-mile days or do 500-mile days with two long meals ~3 hours apart, the Bolt is perfectly good.

This was an honest to god useful review on Jalopnik.

Yeah, it’s an interesting resource, for sure.

As Bloomberg also quotes an analyst who says that Tesla is “demand constrained, rather than production constrained,” which is a polite way of saying that Tesla could be halting production of Model 3s because buyers simply aren’t there.

For those who have no interest in the driving experience, particularly those who can’t drive stick, it make sense.

Yeah, sorry for the pedantic response. It’s a convoluted thing all the Autopilot/FSD/Enhanced Autopilot/etc.

You’ve nailed the Tesla experience, IMO:

My guess: They’ve got enough orders for this to keep the factory busy for the rest of the quarter, so they might as well force as many people as possible to go to the more expensive version.

We’ve owned 4 EVs, but the *current* one is boring and easy to live with.

Good one. Tesla is “shook” by the Bolt that still has the same basic specs as the one released in 2016, and whose MSRP was lowered to a number still $7k higher than the current one has been selling for?

It’s not really complicated. I’m explaining stuff that happens in the background. You just plug your destination into your car and it tells you what to do. It won’t tell you to spend an hour charging to 100% because it’s a waste of time.

Yeah, if you are regularly doing cross-country trips, then EVs aren’t for you, yet.