The software on the high end euro in particular is light years ahead- and I don't mean the touch screen UIs (which I personally think are dangerous and should be illegal as you have to take your eyes off the road to operate), but the actual software controlling the cars hardware, like the traction control and stability systems, which work much better on those cars, especially VW/Audi/Porsche.
On paper Tesla dominates in range and performance specs, but they seem to be lying, while the older brands are under-estimating, as real world range and track lap time specs don't reflect the supposed higher specs of Teslas cars. Tesla seems to be a fundamentally dishonest company, whose claimed technical advantages are all lies/hype.
For example, Mercedes advertises their EQS at 350 miles range, but car magazine tests have gotten 400-500 miles on them[1]. Tesla claims 405 miles range on the Model S long range, but car magazines only get ~320.
> actual software controlling the cars hardware, like the traction control and stability systems, which work much better on those cars, especially VW/Audi/Porsche
im gonna need a source on that lol how do you even quantify that
On paper Tesla dominates in range and performance specs, but they seem to be lying, while the older brands are under-estimating, as real world range and track lap time specs don't reflect the supposed higher specs of Teslas cars. Tesla seems to be a fundamentally dishonest company, whose claimed technical advantages are all lies/hype.
For example, Mercedes advertises their EQS at 350 miles range, but car magazine tests have gotten 400-500 miles on them[1]. Tesla claims 405 miles range on the Model S long range, but car magazines only get ~320.
[1] https://www.autoguide.com/manufacturer/mercedes-benz/2022-me...