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be careful, tesla is not successful as a car company yet, and its not in good shape to become one either. one day it might be, and more generally i do hope tha
by jheriko 10y ago
be careful, tesla is not successful as a car company yet, and its not in good shape to become one either.
one day it might be, and more generally i do hope that we see more progress in the electric car world... but for now tesla only turns a profit as a car company coupled with government incentives. even then, outside of the US (and inside actually) their market share is tiny or zero with very little growth. saying that it doesn't even exist is a very good approximation to reality... if you ignore tech focused news articles and the like at least.
i wouldn't call that a success just yet... as much as we may admire the mission.
- crdoconnor 10y ago>but for now tesla only turns a profit as a car company coupled with government incentives. Subsidies and protective tariffs are the norm in the auto market. It would put any car company that didn't get them at a significant disadvantage.
- wilam 10y agoyear over year grown >50% seems a lot for a car company.
- thesimpsons1022 10y agoIf I build 2 cars last year and sell 3 this year then I bet you'd be really impressed huh?
- zerooneinfinity 10y agoIn terms of their mission statement which is convince people that electric cars can be 'cool', practical and inexpensive he has succeeded much more than you are giving him and the people at Tesla credit for.
- jheriko 10y agofair enough, but its a different metric of success. :)
- emodendroket 10y agoCool maybe, practical and inexpensive I'm not so sure about.