My car did the 2023.27.6 update overnight Tuesday. Couple of different things - I like the customization of the left scroll wheel shortcut (I did it for temperature). New look and feel for the Spotify app. Also the "ding" the car makes when going into various gears changed. It's now matching what was in the Model 3 I rented about 6 weeks ago. Anybody else have this upgrade and notice anything else?

 

To stick with the example above, I wouldn't fault anyone choosing a RAV4 Prime over a Model Y. It might meet their needs better and/or they may feel it is the better car. Their money, their choice. Nothing wrong with either choice. EVs don't and can't work for everyone. I would fault someone who would not consider an EV to be a viable alternatives to vehicles like the RAV4 for primarily nonsense reasons (misinformation etc).

 

My last update was 2023.32.6

The most noticeable was improvements to Park assist and much better camera images

 

I totally agree. When people tell me that they chose a hybrid over an EV because they needed more range, my answer to them is "fair enough"

 

That's fine for us, not okay for Tesla. I'm amazed no one wants to admit Tesla could be doing something better.

 

32.6??? Interesting, I wonder why mine is behind yours. Maybe they stagger the releases based on the age of the car? Mine is a 2021 and yours is 2023.

 

I seriously don't know how Tesla could be doing any better. They sell nearly 500K vehicles per quarter. It takes one to three months to get delivery of a vehicle you order, running nearly at full capacity

 

I think you will eventually get it. I've been behind as well, this update has been out for awhile, I just got it last week

 

Tesla builds based on demand. That's the point; gain market share and your entire business grows.

 

Same production rate (which is obviously constrained) higher ASP. Here's one example, last 2 Super Bowls legacy auto heavily advertised EVs. Tesla benefited because people searched up electric vehicles and inevitably saw Tesla in the results. There is no doubt some of that translated into demand meaning sales.

 

They have been at capacity, but they continue to expand factories and break ground on new factories.
For example, Giga Austin is not built out; they are adding lines. Monterrey should come online late next year or 2025.
India is in talks for the next factory.

 

The reason they are building those factories is to meet demand. Demand is there already, IMHO of course

 

Well in remote areas, it's chicken and egg. What comes first? The rural EV charging infrastructure or the rural EV customers?

I'd argue that to expand the customer base in rural areas you need to build out the infrastructure. Customers will follow. Rural customers won't be the ones taking the leap of faith that Tesla/EA/whomever will build out if they first buy an EV. Home charging will work for most EV use cases, even rural/semi-rural, but it must be augmented by fast charging to facilitate longer trips. The smaller, leaner parking lot DCFC stations/superchargers are all you need. But the infrastructure must come first before EVs will be adopted by rural customers.

 

Can someone explain what is up with these wheels? They look like that in motion as well when it drove by I thought the car had whitewalls.

 

I don't know, I heard it's some Canadian thing