Which I haven’t done. But that’s OK, you go on to make a bunch of other statements at odds with what I have said or believe. Like:
Wrong on almost every count. There is clearly a future for autonomous driving. It’s happening now. Robotaxis? Sure. To the point where people are going to give up their cars? Don’t make me laugh. Do I discount the important of software? Not really, but it’s not so important that it will make marketing, styling, production, and distribution unimportant, which is what I keep hearing from “cars are becoming computers”, because of course, they’re not.
AI is currently over-rated, yes, but will become important, perhaps quickly. That doesn’t mean the “AI” syndrome isn’t going through the same phase as companies adding “dot-com” to their names in the 90’s, or “blockchain” a few years ago.
And the biggest laffer, that I believe auto status quo is the cat’s meow, which is arrant nonsense. Cars are much better now than just a decade ago. There are more hybrids. Satellite radio. Electric windows for all my friends! Less rubber in tires. GPS. Crash resistant chassis design. Side and overhead airbags. Fuel economy. Emissions control. Voice commands. Display screens. Self parking. Audio inputs/CarPlay. Tire pressure and other self-monitoring. OnStar and similar. And obviously, the introduction of EVs and EV technology.
However I also understand that it takes time for these things to ripple through to the general population, which is when the richest rewards come. That’s why Amazon (to use your example) started off with a hope and a bang, and then flatlined for so long until the business actually became a business. Others, like Google, were a great business from day 1. Still others, say, Apple, came and went, even as Microsoft mostly prospered.
Tesla, it seems to me, has a chance to be a big player, or if poorly managed could wind up being the MySpace of car companies. It made some astonishingly good moves early/mid: desirable products, charging infrastructure, etc. It has made some equally bad decisions lately, the truck and the other distractions being some of those.
I guess they better get going. Instead they are going for giga-casting, which makes changing models more difficult, not less. It is said to make them less expensive, too, so that’s a management decision that may have far reaching effects. I’m one who prefers styling (I find the Tesla interior terribly clunky), but that’s just me; obviously there’s a place for inexpensive cars, too.
As for your long list of GM engines, so what? GM has a dozen brands around the world, each with multiples of models. Those come and go as consumer tastes change, and yes, they change. It doesn’t take long for things to come and go: tail fins, minivans, push button transmissions, bucket seats, muscle cars, pick up trucks as status, and so on. BYD has shown the ability to move quickly. In spite of your ever rosy view, I don’t see that Tesla has, at least not yet.