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Yes? Tesla historically cuts costs as much as possible, putting all the focus on an excellent electric engine and batteries. Everything else takes a second seat.

For example they removed the ultrasonic parking sensors. They removed the radar. In the next revision, they removed the stalks in favor of buttons on the steering wheel to control the blinkers.

The car is still expensive, but that’s down to in part batteries and the tech still being somewhat pricey, and in part just profit (contrast to e.g. Ford selling their cars at a loss).



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