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Nah, he's making a (probably correct) observation of the market. Tesla is like the Apple of cars, and Elon is the Steve of the auto industry. It doesn't have to
by lawnchair_larry 10y ago
Nah, he's making a (probably correct) observation of the market. Tesla is like the Apple of cars, and Elon is the Steve of the auto industry. It doesn't have to make sense in order for it to be true.
- tempestn 10y agoExclusivity does indeed impact people's decisions, but it's far from the only driver. If a major brand made a new electric car that was demonstrably better than a comparably priced Tesla, it would sell well, and word would quickly spread. There is also significant appeal in having the "best". Musk organizing lobbyists against his own company makes no sense. If they wanted to make the cars scarce they could simply produce fewer of them. Instead they're scaling production as quickly as possible, because obviously selling more cars results in more revenue.
- snovv_crash 10y agoAnd Google did the same thing with GMail, being exclusive at the beginning.
- walshemj 10y agotrouble is with that analogy is there are plenty of other car makers that fit the luxury end of the market Tesla is going to have a hard time replacing, RR Bentley, BMW Mercedes and BMW. Let alone the really guci brands like say Bristol where if you are not the right sort of chap you can't buy