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points by Kevin_Flynn 1 day ago | 0 comments

Im curious about the timing of this announcement.

On the surface, it seems to take the wind out of their sails.

They told us the cybertruck was awesome.

They told us flying cars soon.

Now we see the fate of the first promise.

I would have delayed this announcement for as long as possible after the flying car show from a PR perspective.

Which makes me think this announcement is throwing a bone to the financial bean counters ahead of the potential merger with SpaceX.

Cleaning the companies books of fat before the big game.

[–] qlte 1 day ago

You have it backwards.

The Musk strategy is to quietly drop failures/broken promises from a previous hype cycle after kicking off a brand new hype cycle to take its place.

This is entirely consistent with his tried and true strategy to constantly redirect attention forward to the distant future, and never stay idle long enough to encourage looking back at the ever growing pile of ideas that didn't work out.

[–] Kevin_Flynn 20 hours ago

Aw yes, I have it backwards, because I was thinking of the public.

And this strategy isnt Musks. Hes copying politicians and government. It's a very old strategy. Someone even wrote a song about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

E-lim-i-nate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mr. In-Between

[–] alt227 1 day ago

They have also renamed the 'Full Auto Driving' feature to 'Driving Assist'.

Literally nothing Tesla promised is coming true.

[–] x187463 1 day ago

It's called Supervised Full Self Driving (FSD) and that is an accurate name given it controls every aspect of the vehicle's operation, only requiring the driver to pay attention as a supervisor. And, essentially, the same software and hardware available on a Model 3 and Model Y is present on the CyberCabs that are driving people around a few cities, now, without input mechanisms. Elon is a PoS, and it took a decade longer than he said, but the cars are driving themselves.

[–] alt227 1 day ago

> It's called Supervised Full Self Driving (FSD)

Not anymore, now its "Assisted Driving"

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

[–] x187463 1 day ago

It's Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe. In the US, it's still FSD.

[–] alt227 1 day ago

Yes thankyou for confirming my point. How did I know you would come and be pedantic about it?

I live in Europe, and here its not called Full Self Driving because regulators disagree with you that the car is driving itself. Therefore your original statement of "It's called Supervised Full Self Driving (FSD) and that is an accurate name given it controls every aspect of the vehicle's operation" is not true here at all.

If the US is happy with Elon lying about his cars abilities then thats on them. Not surprising really judging by the mess that is the USA in recent years.

[–] small_model 1 day ago

European regulation is a joke, that why they are failing, look at the riots in France, businesses strangled by regulation.

[–] alt227 1 day ago

> businesses strangled by regulation

Trumps current mess with huge increases of cost of living, and subsequent popularity decline is an example of what happens when you let business run free.

[–] lotsofpulp 1 day ago

This isn’t news to anyone following the business. I’m pretty sure it was announced months ago that model X and Cybertruck (and maybe Model S too) were being discontinued.

And Model 3 and Y have always been 95%+ of the cars Tesla delivered.

[–] momento 1 day ago

It was also mentioned in the Roadster presentation that the Roadster would be the only nonautonomous car produced by Tesla long-term.

[–] DonHopkins 1 day ago

Not everyone may have seen Robby Roadster's famous presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31x-4YJUBNE

[–] khalic 1 day ago

*flying car shaped air tank and thrusters