The makers of these cars know their customers. A lot of these vehicles are likely leased and written off as a business expense. That is why the manufacturer and customer don’t care. 

“I think the bigger problem is that the buying public has cooled on EV’s generally owing to huge costs solutions to problems that have yet to materialize in ownership.“

Adoption in the U.S. is slow compared to other countries, mainly because the U.S. doesn’t have firm mandates yet. Some states are much farther along and others will need to play catchup later.

Again I think these problems have largely already been solved. Someone lingering in a spot after charging is done can be avoided by charging idle fees. Tesla has been doing this for some time, and it’s likely other charging networks have a similar ability.

I still think that charging in an apartment building isn’t as difficult of a solution as people think it is.

With the adoption of NACS plug, Tesla is well positioned in the future for everyone’s EV charging needs. However, most people who can, charge at home at a very low cost. So I think there is money to made off the charging network, but I don’t think it’s the $25B/year that some have estimated.

I think it’s fair to say that if someone purchased a $100k+ vehicle during COVID, that they are dealing with steep depreciation right about now.

I’m going to have to disagree with you. The challenges are different, but autonomous driving is not more difficult than autopilot.

I do think there needs to be some high level regulations around autonomous vehicles, however my concern is that this move by congress will stop development completely.

I have to give credit to Stellantis for successfully being able to sell the same old designs and tech in the US for so long. They definitely know their target audience.

It may eventually get to a point where Tesla and its customers are looking for that more traditional 6 year cycle, however today they don’t have issues selling cars.

If you are only talking about exterior and interior styling, then I agree with you as most of the changes were minor. Most exterior changes are limited to head lights, bumpers, etc… for everything else behind the body panels (I.e., how it drives, handles, and operates) I’d argue the opposite. The model S had 4 drive…

Without knowing the actual sales prices or seeing a production model, it’s hard to say.

If Tesla follows the same pattern it has with its other product launches, they will release the high end trims first, followed by the mid and lower trims.

That might be you experience, but it is not the norm.

All models are constantly being iterated on. A 2019 model 3 is vastly different than a 2023.

Strategic Vision, a company that has been tracking new vehicle trends for 20+ years. Their reports are behind a paywall, however the drive covered it once:

Tell me you haven’t worked in manufacturing without telling me you haven’t worked in manufacturing.

Supporting point: Ted Cruz.

It’s crazy the level of expectations people have of a clean sheet vehicle from one of the youngest auto manufacturers in the US. Any newly designed car will have issues at launch, much pre-prod models.