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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Seems like a brilliant strategy to me. Elon is defining the future of automotive profitability. Software updates you purchase on your phone to unlock potential on your car; brilliant. No salesmen; fantastic! The future of automotive sales is online, not showrooms.
There's little additional cost to drive to a customer location to pick up their vehicle and drop off a loaner compared with a customer dropping the vehicle off themselves. That added convenience is very nice, and Tesla doesn't have to maintain a lobby for people to wait around in.
Perhaps when self-driving becomes reliable enough, a functioning car can simply be told to drive to the service center for repair.
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*The OBD-III will spit out the error code
*That will be sent to the 3-D printer at the public library
*Swing by the library to pick up your part on your way to the gym
*'Home-bot' installs it while you veg out in the Barcalounger recliner once you're back home.
