[imglorp]

It appears they think their shitty info/nav/tainment is a key distinguisher and that CP/AP threatens what's maybe the only way for them to stand out among a field of boring, undistinguished boxes.

In reality the only car makers with balls to be significantly different were not well rewarded in the last few decades. Then Tesla showed up with a new dealer model and tons of new features and sold ~4 million units with no marketing.

And now BYD is on the horizon leapfrogging everyone's feature set and price points, and US makers will need to be defended since they won't or can't compete.