It’s kind of crazy Tesla hasn’t partnered with SpaceX to provide Starlink as an option.

Kinda not. Generally if you got road you got reception. Only wilderness areas don’t. For few people who go camping, etc the standalone miniterminal makes most sense.

> Generally if you got road you got reception.

Er, if you got highway, maybe? I assure you there are plenty of roads that have poor cell reception.

Yes there are, but I my guess is 95%+ of car miles are in areas with good reception. If you are building roads putting cell reception there is trivial.

100% speak to A German high speed rail traveller and she will tell you all about the white spots

Any idea of the etymology for calling it a "white spot"? Assuming this is a German thing

Terra Incognita — the part of a map that is blank and therefore white: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fer_Fleck

I think the fact that they haven't may be kind of indicative. Last I searched it had supported maximum local device density of just handful in miles.

That can't be true. I've stayed in campgrounds with dozens of Starlink dishes deployed.

The cells are large, dozens of dishes in one location are not a problem if there's few other dishes for miles in any direction.

Max density for dishes and phones are obviously different

That reminds me, I wonder what they did about the Subaru Starlink trademark.

Subaru filed in 2021 to have SpaceX's Starlink trademark cancelled. The case is still pending.