Skimmed through the 2000 word article (I'm guessing) and just did a keyword search for "Tesla" and this popped out.
Thoughts? I've got some, but I want to read the whole article first cuz my first thought is wow, this guy just doesn't get it...or maybe he does in a more nuanced way...not sure yet...here's the link to the full Ziegler novella on The Verge(I love Chris really, but this one is longggg): http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/31/9647204/gm-phil-abram-infotainment-carplay-android-auto-interview
Thoughts? I've got some, but I want to read the whole article first cuz my first thought is wow, this guy just doesn't get it...or maybe he does in a more nuanced way...not sure yet...here's the link to the full Ziegler novella on The Verge(I love Chris really, but this one is longggg): http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/31/9647204/gm-phil-abram-infotainment-carplay-android-auto-interview
I know Tesla’s getting away with stuff that, you know, their customers are essentially beta testers for them in a lot of regards. And people love it! They know what they’re being asked to go through, and the fact that they had 32 updates… I’d be freaking, I know some people who would freak out that they had 32 updates. My God, why didn’t they get it right upfront, what are they doing? And other people are like, cool, that’s great, just keep on working at it. My windshield wipers didn’t work the other day, now they do. Great! But we wouldn’t have put the vehicle in the market if the wipers didn’t work, and so, once again, the acceptance of these things change by those demographics and those markets. So what Mark was saying was we’re going to have a little more latitude to try some things that maybe wouldn’t be as accommodating to a broad customer base where we have to be a little more conservative in our approach.