This is all subject to change. When the Model X was unveiled, it didn’t even have side mirrors, it had little camera pods on either side. The government shot those down, and they ended up switching to regular mirrors.

And what’s the basis for your “a few thousand dollars each” estimate?

Beautiful. Insightful. Practically poetic. This essay is as big a turning point as the Model 3 itself. GM will never get it. And I will never trust them since they screwed me with “piss-poor, half-assed” warranty service on a ‘99 Montana.

Or, more likely liquidate. The rush back to high margin pickup’s is emblematic of the fact that few of the legacy auto makers took the right lessons from ‘08 and the bailouts. They’re cashing in the quick-buck and assuming they’ll just be rescued again.