I think this was pretty good analogy. You seem to point to a feature you don't like, but this really means nothing in a long run. You seem to point out that the change is so substantial that the change itself renders it bad. Most folks get analogies, and no those don't have to be related, because the point of an analogy is to relate 2 different subjects/things.
I disagree. Tesla seems to care what drivers want very much.
Teslas are sold out for months. Tesla stock has risen 10x. Some people start getting the clue.
Nobody is forcing anyone to buy a Tesla. People keep buying them and stayed in lines to preorder M3. Which other car did people reserve w/out even seeing first?
People in Tesla delivery forums have dropped 65-75K for model Y and complain that they can't get them soon enough. People want their S, X, Cybertruck and will want more.
Most 'arguments' get only created due to terrible lack of knowledge of what Tesla does, and how it is done. All is due to sheer laziness and listening to mob market media which only purpose is to missinform the mob to streer the market their way.
The best part is that this is only the beginning. Covids, chip shortages did not prevent Tesla from getting busy and delivering on the Master Plan 100%.
ALL of other manufactureres do hide behind covid/chip shenningans. Even Toyota is secretely meeting with congress and bribes them to stop EV expansion.
No love for yoke. Fine. Just get your facts straight once for a change. Oppinions don't matter.
Don’t go from being a shill to a liar, Tesla is facing the same supply chain issues that other manufacturers are. Which is why their shareholder report mentions along with of course their FAILURE to execute, which is pushing back the Cybertruck AGAIN as well as the Semi. Again, citing supply chain issues.
“We believe we remain on track to build our first Model Y vehicles in Berlin and Austin in 2021. The pace of the respective production ramps will be influenced by the successful introduction of many new product and manufacturing technologies, ongoing supply-chain-related challenges and regional permitting.
To better focus on these factories, and due to the limited availability of battery cells and global supply chain challenges, we have shifted the launch of the Semi truck program to 2022. We are also making progress on the industrialization of Cybertruck, which is currently planned for Austin production subsequent to Model Y.”
As for sales figures? Well those numbers have always spoken for themselves. It’s easy to have wait times when you don’t make anything. They couldn’t even make 500,00 cars across 3 models last year. Toyota sold 430,00 RAV4 vehicles alone in 2020. BMW sold 145,000 M series cars alone last year. Just BMW. Just M series. In a pandemic. 2.3M vehicles if you want to count their whole range. The only manufacturer to sell fewer US cars than Tesla was Mazda. Do you believe that if Tesla could manufacture and sell 8-10 million units per year like a normal manufacture they would still have long wait times? The numbers say no. Even if they converted all their holds into purchases, they would barely cover half a year of production of a single major manufacturer.
It’s all about perspective. Tesla is doing fantastic. Ford reserved 200,000 Broncos, sight unseen. People are waiting over a year for them, happily. Over 80,000 on the Maverick who’s announcement is two months old and no one but a few reviewers have seen or driven. This sight unseen thing? Nothing new, especially at such small numbers. You seem to lack perspective on what the rest of the market wants and are solely focused on the relatively few sales generated by all electric vehicles.
What Tesla needs to do is make a sub 30K truck that is F-150 size or smaller and make a car that new and loaded with all the options is sub 25K. Then regular commuters could join the Tesla crowd.