Again, you are pretending that the "hit boys" don't have an impossible problem - their total commitment to car dealerships. Until they figure it out, or some other company that isn't dependent on dealerships, like Apple jumps into the EV market, and does a better job than Tesla with manufacturing, supercharges, batteries, power walls, solar panels, etc. Tesla is the *only* company making mass market EVs in the United States.
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And they are losing money doing so and represent <1% of the market.
Other manufacturers already have EV technology that will be rolled out in mass when it makes sense. You are far too caught up on this dealership element. Once EVs are big, they will be sold at dealerships too.
Tesla is terrible at manufacturing EVs and controlling costs.
They also produce an inferior product that is behind in fit and finish.
They also don't have enough sales, yet they lose more money the more cars they sell.
Tesla also isn't solving a problem. Gas is cheap, subsidies are running out, and cars are getting great gas mileage and can be filled up in 2 minutes. EVs Tesla is making isn't the iPhone of 2007. It's not "clearly better" than what is out today. It's actually clearly worse in many important areas like range, refueling hassle, getting extra equipment at your house, maintenance, and loss of subsidies.
Yeah I guess not everyone is a Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement fan...
EDIT: And I'll take anything to erase the years so thanks!
Exactly. Coca-Cola is why Pepsi never existed. No one's ever heard of Burger King. Ben and Jerry just sit around eating Häagen-Dazs. Imagine that some company could be crazy enough to enter an already established industry, wouldn't that be adorable?
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I admire your enthusiasm. I had an old TR4a that I was going to restore, but just couldn’t commit to the work and had to sell it.
The fact that CR no longer recommends Tesla isn't helping. Tesla is in an area that isn't that high of a barrier to enter fro existing players. Musk gave away every patent they hold for the betterment of all of humanity. It is admirable but the way the company runs and how it can't keep high up execs make me avoid it. I am crazy about buying dips but on Tesla is simply isn't for me.
They're not "ugly" by any means but they look basic as hell. Take the features and brand away and it could be a Mazda. I get it, the features and brand are part of what make it an actual Tesla, but (for me) looks matter, too. And many others as well. It's quite the boring exterior to me. I think my Civic Hatch Sport looks more appealing, but I guess I'm biased.
Transportation as a Service (TaaS). Apple is focusing on services. Why do all of you people think they are going to sell a self driving car? They are going to keep it and rent it to you, the passenger. The ROI on the vehicle is worth more than a one-time sale of the hardware. AI would focus on not just navigation and operation of the vehicle, but also periodic charging and maintenance. They will employ tow truck drivers to pickup the wrecked and broken down ones and will eventually probably automate that too. Disrupting the industry is how these huge multi-nationals keep ahead.
