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Five lessons from buying, driving, and owning a Tesla car about the future of automobiles and the world. On top of the obvious predictions that all cars will be electric and with self-driving capabilities, I've learned a few more essential lessons on the future of the automobile industry from owning a Tesla car for about a year now.
Tl;dr
In this year, I experienced evidence that (1) online shopping will continue to grow and take over new categories such as automobiles, (2) the quality of software products will improve and reach a level of trust in life-threatening usage, (3) the cooperation and collaboration between people and machine (AI) will make people's lives better, (4) identity verification and access control will become more accessible and more secure, and (5) many small steps of many people are vital to fighting climate change. These are not new trends; however, Tesla pushes the limits in these long-term and significant impact trends beyond anything I saw before.
Lesson 1: You can buy a car online
I bought my Tesla model 3 using my mobile phone.
Last year, I relocated to the US and haven't installed an Internet cable service yet. I had a rental car from my company for a few more weeks, and I didn't have too much time to spend in car dealerships. Anyway, I ordered tons of things for the new home from Amazon using its mobile app. Can I also buy a car online?
