A few weeks ago, I published a poll on which was a bigger deal — Tesla D or Tesla’s new autopilot features. For the first time ever, I didn’t look at the results as they were coming in. Looking at the results just now, I was quite surprised to see that autopilot won out by a large margin.
I did argue for autopilot in my article introducing the poll, but I also tried to provide the counterarguments. Furthermore, counterarguments were made in the comments on the CleanTechnica article, where I’m quite sure most of the respondents found the poll. But some commenters argued that Tesla D was a bigger deal, and I thought they had quite convincing arguments, so I thought the result would lean towards the D. Obviously, it didn’t, as you’ll see below.
Over 6,000 people viewed the articles on CleanTechnica, and others on Planetsave as well. Unfortunately, only 683 people responded, but that’s still a pretty good sample size. Here are the results:
In numbers, Tesla D got 182 votes (26.65%) and Tesla’s new autopilot features got 501 votes (73.35%). Counter to what some people have argued, that makes me think that most people don’t love driving and prefer doing other things when they can, and that Tesla’s new autopilot features mean much more to the masses than blistering acceleration. But this was of course a very simple survey, so no broad conclusions on those matters can actually be made. Just a little more data to throw into your head.
If you didn’t respond the first time, feel free to throw in your 2 cents. I might come back to this in the future. Read my article and the comments underneath it on CleanTechnica and Planetsave for some careful consideration of the pros of each beforehand.
Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey!
Source: http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/03/tesla-d-vs-tesla-autopilot-results/
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