I see what you're saying, and I like the idea, but I would argue that the model you're suggesting is very far away from the model of the M1 MacBooks. Your example price point of $19,000 is less than almost every new car from every major automaker in the U.S. The M1 MacBooks, on the other hand, are not inexpensive, and certainly don't cost less than every major PC manufacturer's cheapest laptop. The M1 MacBooks blow away nearly everything at every price point in the laptop space, but they are simultaneously priced well above the average for a consumer laptop.
I looked up a quick and dirty data point from 2019 which says that the average price paid for a new laptop was about $700 (https://www.digitaltrends.com/compu...ons-you-should-spend-more-on-your-next-laptop)... so the starting price of $999 for the M1 Air is still ~43% above the average price paid. If you extrapolate this out to cars, I found another data point which states that the average car purchase in the U.S. set the buyer back about $36,700 (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/22/car...easing-heres-why-thats-bad-for-americans.html). 43% above that figure would be about $52,400. And I would argue a fully self-driving, high-quality, do-everything-really-well vehicle at $52,000 would still be extremely disruptive in the market.
(I know these are not apples to apples scenarios, but just wanted to give a rough idea of where I'm coming from)
