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>I think it doesn't matter if Chevy, or BMW makes an electric car I think you're wrong here. Tesla makes electric cars that actually look like fossil fueled ve
by noer 10y ago
>I think it doesn't matter if Chevy, or BMW makes an electric car
I think you're wrong here. Tesla makes electric cars that actually look like fossil fueled versions of the cars that they make. The Roadster looks like a regular sports car, the Model S looks like a full size luxury car.
Part of my problem with the BMW i series is that the two cars look like spaceships or cars from a 1960s illustration of "the future". They call a ton of attention to themselves and I think they look ridiculous.
I think the real competition is making an electric car that looks/feels like the fossil fueled cars that many people in the world are used to driving. Right now, it seems like Tesla is winning that battle, though the Chevy volt is definitely on the right track.
- rdtsc 10y agoThe observation was that Tesla made a brand in its own right. There is a car there, but they are selling Musk himself, the ideas behind Tesla, his other companies. Even if Tesla was technically inferior, and looks like a gas guzzling car, it would still sell better than competitors. > though the Chevy volt is definitely on the right track. Technically they are. If you look at features only they did the right thing. But Volts are not flying off the shelves so to speak. Unfortunately I think association with the Chevy brand is probably a part of the reason. I think they should have spun off a subsidiary company with a new name, and marketed the company itself just as much as the car. This is a bit like how car companies have luxury brands and regular, so it would be electric cars vs regular, basically a 3rd thing.