"For what other reason does Tesla's human director, Elon Musk, consistently provide false claims about its functioning autonomy status?": Wait, you mean he wasn't just either too stupid to know better or too sleazy to care when he said, about a year ago, that he was "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year"? (Of course, stupid and sleazy aren't mutually exclusive.)
Every driver satisfaction rating survey I’ve seen has Tesla way at the top, which suggests the Tesla answers some human need not adequately addressed by other vehicles.
"For what other reason does Tesla's human director, Elon Musk, consistently provide false claims about its functioning autonomy status?": Wait, you mean he wasn't just either too stupid to know better or too sleazy to care when he said, about a year ago, that he was "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year"? (Of course, stupid and sleazy aren't mutually exclusive.)
Every driver satisfaction rating survey I’ve seen has Tesla way at the top, which suggests the Tesla answers some human need not adequately addressed by other vehicles.