"Tesla Model 3: The First Serious Review"

Jan-Paul · 6. Januar 2018 um 11:03

„The most important car since the Model T is brilliant—with one big caveat.“

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I just drove 2,860 miles cross-country in a Tesla Model 3, setting a new electric Cannonball Run record of 50 hours and 16 minutes. This wasn’t a specially prepared press loaner or pre-production employee car; this was one of the first customer-owned cars delivered at the Fremont factory on December 27th, 2017.

For those gambling on the 3’s failure and Tesla’s collapse, don’t count on it. The Model 3 is delightful, odd, and brilliant—but there is one big, crackling bolt of a caveat.

The issue is not the build quality, nor is it the 15-inch touchscreen, which has absorbed almost all vehicle controls. Instead, it’s the Autopilot user interface, which has gone from seamless to kludge overnight.

The good news: The majority of Autopilot UI issues are fixable with an over-the-air (OTA) software update.

The bad news? Until the Autopilot UI is updated, Tesla fans will bend like yogis to make excuses for it, and the $TSLA shorts will exploit it to deter new customers from what is otherwise a wondrous step forward for passenger cars.

I love this car, but Tesla cannot solve the Autopilot UI problem fast enough.

Let’s dive in.

Tom4k · 6. Januar 2018 um 14:45

Soweit ich weiß, wird hier das erste mal in so klarer Form das aktuelle UI-Bedienkonzept des Autopiloten kritisiert. Das finde ich gut - denn wenn es wirklich so ist wie beschrieben, sollte Tesla tatsächlich schnellstmöglich nachbessern. Das Rezept hat er ja bereits mitgeliefert…

Wenn das wirklich alle negativen Punkte sind (die sich ja größtenteils OTA beheben lassen), dann wird das Model 3 tatsächlich so gut, wie es sich jeder hier erhofft…