I used to be super gung-ho about Tesla. I've preordered the X and the 3. Never pulled the trigger on the X, and probably gonna give back my 3 reservation too.<p>I love the way the car drives. The driver experience is amazing, with the way it just goes where you want and autopilot just driving it on the freeway for me. If it was just me, I would get one.<p>But the interiors are awful. They let me test drive an X for a day, trying to convince to act on my reservation. Right after that test drive, instead of the X, we got a Honda Odyssey.<p>Sure it uses gas, but my family is <i>way</i> more comfortable in the van, and I saved $100,000. After driving the X, my first thought was, this car costs $140,000, but it feels like $30,000 on the inside. The seats were barely adjustable. There was nothing for the kids, no climate controls in the back for my wife. The back row was tight and uncomfortable for my mother in law.<p>I hope one day Tesla does an all electric van. But I suspect I'll get that from Honda or Toyota before they ever get around to it.
So is this where the founders all get to come in and contemplate, compare, and contrast their expensive luxury toys? And then move on to another thread on HN and wax philosophical about economic inequality?
I wonder how much of Tesla’s problems are because of Musk’s ADD: You have SpaceX, The Boaring Company, Solar City, Tesla Betteries, multiple electric car lines, and now a truck and semi, HyperLoop, OpenAI, and probably a dozen more projects we don’t yet know about. Any one of these would be incredibly hard for any uber genius and time on any one of these is time away from something else. To what degree can you do it all and helicopter in to run the company?
> The Model Y or whatever the hell will have relatively low technical and production risk as a result.<p>So I take it that the Model 3 manufacturing line issues are now solved?
My wife and I are in the market for an EV, but the thing is, even the Model 3 is a bit big for a car to drive around the city and all the tiny cars I've looked at have rubbish batteries.<p>If Tesla did a small, two-seater city car, with an okay trunk and a decent battery I'd probably buy it.
The Model S is aging well (they really hit it out of the park with the styling back in 2012). But rather than see Tesla introduce a new model, I think it's time for the next generation of the S.
It's an interesting strategy for sure. Instead of solving the problems facing the current lineup just add another car and a whole new set of problems.
I can't wait till this comes out. We're currently stuck between a 3, S and X. I have two 3's on order but the 3 isn't going to be big enough for my wife who schleps kids around all day (SAHM & very active homeschooler). The X is too expensive, it's more expensive than a decked out Cadillac Escalade (her current but aging ride). The S is nice but not as easy to get in and out of if you have a child in a car seat. A crossover would presumably ride a little higher than an S and be roughly as spacious inside as an X, and hopefully will be more minimalist inside and lower performance like the 3 bringing the price down.