While that is true and it should be discussed, it is often difficult to assess a new product's reliability unless there's a clear existing track record from the company

But a company's track record and the repairability of the car should absolutely be discussed in reviews

But that would take longer and they need to get those views now so they can move on to the next thing.

Get back to us when your health insurance company kicks you off your plan because your car has been reporting that you've been going to the bar 4 nights a week.

Or when your wife starts getting ads when connected to your home network for strippers and strip clubs because you parked the car near a strip club 1 time.

Or when your car starts suspiciously routing you through weird routes on maps, that take you close to the local fast food joints because Taco Bell/KFC paid them advertising money.

"But none of that happens right now!"

That's not the point. The point is, it could.

"It was labeled as a technology platform, I didn't think any of that technology would be used against me!"

Platform in general really doesn't bother me the same way that technology platform does. In a historical sense like you're talking about that would mean it was built on shared structure, which is a good way to build a reliable car, since there'll be more chance to have worked out the kinks in shared parts vs new bespoke ones. In this context it's just a rebadge for marketing

Where, to me, technology platform communicates more that the car is a vehicle (hah) for various tech widgets and gizmos that aren't in line with it just being a car, and that that's the real value add that lets them charge super high prices (IMO, without delivering much more actual value to the user). Perhaps I'm being overly harsh and it's at least in part just driven (hah) by it being a ev where there are tons of different technological systems, computerized and otherwise

But that's how I read it 🤷‍♂️. But yeah I'm not surprised a CEO would talk about it that way, that's where the industry has been for quite some time now, and it shows little sign of changing aside from novel projects like the Slate truck (which aside from getting from daddy bezos, looks pretty cool!)