GM Once Viewed Tesla as a ‘Bunch of Engineers Playing with Laptop Batteries’
Yeah, and what do you know, they were right. Tesla utterly squandered their first-mover advantage. I’ve talked to multiple Tesla owners (despite being a group I actively try to avoid) at charging stations and such, all lamenting the completely absurd quirks of their car’s UX, and the ridiculous mismatch between their advertised battery life and what they get in reality. I’ve got a non-Tesla EV and I think that it’s great. So do plenty of others. Given what I’ve experienced in Teslas, I am completely happy with GM’s characterisation. Everyone else will flatten Tesla because ultimately the premise that people want this much computer in their car is flawed for the vast vast vast majority of people.