That and their range/performance per dollar is really competitive. They’re dominating the space for a reason imo.
The other car companies ignored EVs for a decade and are still hamstrung by dealerships in the US (which are really awful). I don’t expect them to be much of a threat.
The rest of your comment is subjective IMHO. Granted Tesla have the most responsive in-car system, I know many people who refuse to buy one if a comparable car with an actual instrument cluster and any form of physical buttons exist.
Especially with CarPlay and Android Auto in the mix, many cars offer better experiences than Tesla when coupled with a phone.
Tesla’s UI isn’t what makes them dominate the market, it’s their price and first mover advantage. They dominate the market in spite of their UI , not because of it.
Teslas don't have a heads up display. Heads up displays are projected on to the windscreen. They make use of augmented reality features these days:
- Volkswagen ID EVs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQT5pRs0yCQ
- Audi Q4 e-tron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ7axYz27DE
- Mercedes S-class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk-0TjxFkZQ
At least the nav is decent these days. It used to be comically poor. Although the "heads up display" is essentially absent on the 3 and Y.
This is the opinion of someone that doesn’t own a Tesla and hasn’t had this happen to them, can anyone weigh in on this from experience?
Most people don’t bother with their in car nav and just use their phone. I’ve heard apple car play isn’t bad though.
The Model 3 did have an update that made things worse for a bit, but they fixed it. Since I’ve owned it (2018) it’s much better than it was when I bought it because of updates.
The display is big, the maps are google maps, it has traffic routing, it can route you via super chargers, etc.
Both CarPlay and android auto are miles ahead of where Tesla is, but as a result the comparison becomes murky.
Do you compare vanilla car to vanilla car? Or do you consider the actual use case or capability for most people?
If you believe Apple’s own marketing, the existence of CarPlay is a massively considered factor for the purchase of new cars.
To be clear, Tesla’s nav is pretty good, but I’d rather use CarPlay or Android Auto.
The navigation area is smaller to show more visualization area, many things that were one click away are now two to four clicks away, and there’s less information available.
Granted they’ve slowly started bringing back stuff from the old UI, but there’s many things that make it seem like the designers are designing at their desk and not dog folding their work.
Take the new video feed when you turn. great feature that finally showed up on Tesla (been on many other cars for a while) but the initial implementation put it in your blind spot behind your arm. The only way I can see that happening is if the features were signed off of independently of testing the design on the road or in a realistic simulator. It’s now in a better spot after much feedback from customers.
The same can be said for many of the other car settings. They finally moved many of the one click actions back, but how did there come to be a giant release that reduced much used functionality unless you weren’t testing in the field?