^ Curious to see what Blind thinks
Tesla and self driven cars
Softbank/PIF
Tesla
Automotive person here. Unless it’s something like Tesla/Rivian or similar in terms of cutting edge and novelty.. All automotive companies are old school mode throughout..
“All automotive companies are old school mode throughout” ... do u mean old school automotive companies are in old school mode?
Pretty much, established automotive companies have old tech and methodologies and a lot of that is due to the people on top being old but that’s slowly changing as younger folks get up there and start making the decisions instead. Lots of potential for innovation upcoming though.
Volkswagen/Lamborghini is doing some crazy stuff with supercapicitors in the Sìan
I would say Tesla sets the trends on tech, not great at production though. The big luxury brands are coming up on them. I think they'll catch them before Tesla catches up on build quality.
Tesla is the only company who can compete both with Automotive giants and Tech giants. Bezos doesn’t like Elon much and hence given a huge project to Rivian (Not that Rivian is innovative).
A lot of the technology updates are done by the Tier 1 suppliers, not the auto companies. Auto OEMs have contracts in place with these suppliers to provide them with sensors, hardware, software etc.
Forget about next gen cars. Grow a chinstrap beard, buy an old Honda an put a loud muffler on it. The women will flock to you.
Hyundai. Flying cars.
I almost puked hahaha