[novok]

Self driving is a marketing side show, they are really just focused on manufacturing scaling right now and opening factories ASAP to meet demand. And because they are having a hard time meeting demand, they have no need at the time to make cheaper market versions, which will make their demand problem worse. They announced recently that they are not focusing on new models this year, just scaling. They are in mega scaling mode.

IMO the key competitive advantage they have in the us/can market is their supercharger network and how they are ahead tech wise, making them %20 better cars than current competitors.