Tesla's upcoming cheaper electric car is basically a stripped-down Model Y

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12 pointsTheAlchemist6 comments

Q for tesla: wen lidar??? (Front sides back)

I want tesla to compete on level 3-5 but overinvestment in expensive sensors is the only way forward. A leasing model for sensors may be a market opportunity in the making here

If Musk has truly believed that real self-driving was just around the corner for all these years, he's either hired a bunch of truly incompetent engineers who've misled him, or he's a fool. My bet is that he's known full well it's far out.

JP Morgan has a price target of $120 for TSLA. They know the runway has run out.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/jpmorg...

Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won’t buy a Tesla car - https://electrek.co/2025/03/14/tesla-is-done-in-germany-94-s... - March 14th, 2025

Every technologist has, for the last half century, declared self-driving cars, fusion power, and strong AI as all being just around the corner.

Some corners are bigger around than others. I don't think credible technologists have put single-digit years (base 10) on their predictions. We had bases on the dark side of the moon by 1999, according to one TV show, but that was just Hollywood TV show writing.

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