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Bob Lutz, car-guy-to-the-max, former VP of GM and Chrysler, with time at BMW before that, wrote this recent article --
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26859/bob-lutz-tesla/
The opening paragraph is gloomy:
Tesla's showing all the signs of a company in trouble: bleeding cash, securitized assets, and mounting inventory. It's the trifecta of doom for any automaker, and anyone paying attention probably saw this coming a mile away. Like most big puzzles, the company's woes don't have just one source.
and the prognosis goes downhill from there mentioning competition from Audi, the lack of enough dealers to attract more buyers and other problems.
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday October 31 2015, @04:28AM
that touch screen bullshit is a show-stopper for me, too. not that I can afford the car now, but if I could - I'd still think twice about that stupid laptop screen in the middle of the dash. great for the 'press on glass' generation but I'm a grey hair and pressing on glass without real buttons is totally unfulfilling for me.
I didn't know you could not turn it off. that would make me hate it even more!
I like a lot about the car. and I like how new the company is (not old school guys); but the lappie screen is really a usability nightmare. nothing there to let you feel your way like tactile buttons do. guis on screens are for lazy programmers who can't decide on a stable and fixed array of buttons, knobs and gauges.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."