Let’s be clear: this ‘compromise’ comes from sinking sales, not from anyone suddenly waving a chainsaw.
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Tesla Could Be Planning to Support Apple Car Keys
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My 2025 X5M works great, and with the 17Pro, it seems to have much better range. Pretty much 100% reliable
Because they don’t have to compete in America where they banned the chinese cars? In china though they have been completely overran by the Chinese companies and can’t possibly win. If they want that market they have to release everything there first.
The current implementation works flawlessly but the Tesla app does use a lot of battery. Some days it uses 10% of my battery. If the keyless stuff happened without Bluetooth I have to think this would improve. Hopefully still works just as well.
Elon Musk is a grifter, not a visionary. He constantly overpromises and underdelivers. Just because in interviews he talks like a really bad science fiction B-movie screenplay, doesn't make him a visionary.
A true visionary (like Steve Jobs) focuses on execution, not on making lofty promises that sound like third-rate sci-fi.
Many people have died from Tesla's so-called "Autopilot" feature crashing the cars. So Elon Musk's buggy software kills people. Tim Cook's software is also buggy, but at least it doesn't kill people.
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Car market is weird. I own a current generation BMW 540i and I had to do a special order just to get 4-zone climate control in it. They didn't have the option available in the United States for the first two model years of the current generation unless you made a special order request for it.
The 5 series in the Chinese market has several options that weren't available initially for the G60 generation 5 series in the US. There are several Chinese market only options for the G60 models that you can only get in a 7 series in the US such as the fancier panoramic sun roof with ambient LED lighting in it.
Simple truth is that the Chinese market is much more important to many industries because it is a growth angle.
Additionally, I would argue that Apple having new colors every year and needlessly redesigning their products partly comes down to Chinese consumer vanity. Apple responded to customer surveys in the region that consumers didn't think their phones looked new.
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It's because of their sales slump. They need ways to attract new customers after offending lots of potential buyers this year. And their CEO has to meet sales metrics to get a much talked about payout.
So it's not that Tesla wants to support CarPlay and CarKeys to give customers a better experience but rather they need to to attract more buyers.
Well yes it does. And because your opinion is that Elon is "not a visionary", counts the same as a grain of sand in the wind.
His vision is to change the planet and he is delivering on that with sustainable energy products.
Some people have died while autopilot is engaged. Tesla has not been found to be culpable except in one circumstance where they have been partially at fault. People also die in non-Tesla car EV crashes and airline crashes Tragically hundreds of people die from being hit by trains, far more than Teslas. And hundreds died in aircraft related accidents in one year. So what is your point?
So does Bombardier, Ford, Boeing and Airbus. Again I ask, what is your point?
Not directly anyway. Googles software doesn't directly kill people either. Samsung's hardware has been known to combust though.
Musk is not American and doesn’t care about any one country. He goes where the money is.
Because is the world’s largest EV market. America is not even in the competition at this point.
Ah well it’s only made a paltry $100b in the last year… but don’t worry they are just ahead of those other losers like Disney, Johnson and Johnson, FedEx and Pepsi
I'm so glad Macrumors posted this story, cuz it's helped me set the cringy Elon stans on ignore. I cannot wait for his villainy to catch up with him. It is coming and will be epic.
