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>Tesla is doing is much bigger than the individual. The company is at a crucial moment, they're about to scale up for their first consumer priced car. How so?
by idiot_stick 10y ago
>Tesla is doing is much bigger than the individual. The company is at a crucial moment, they're about to scale up for their first consumer priced car.
How so? What is it that they're doing that is so special, beyond what Ford, GM, Toyota, Fiat, VW Group and a multitude of others are doing? They're building electric cars. All of them. Why do people think Tesla deserves "special snowflake" status?
- kneel 10y agoTesla is leading the way in electric vehicles and they've been doing it for a while. They've given away all their engineering blueprints, for free. They've yet to make a profit and somehow the entire industry is following them. Snowflake or trail blazer?
- mhermher 10y agoAre they really? GM beat them by a few years on getting out an affordable all electric car (the Bolt) and an alternating electric/ICE car (the Volt). Both of which are very well reviewed and received by customers. It seems like GM is leading the way to me, while Tesla has been dragging its feet and making luxury cars. But I guess GM is not sexy enough for 20 somethings.
- kneel 10y agoTesla never attempted to enter the hybrid market and was never competing with the Volt. The Bolt is a rush to market toy car. You're right they beat Tesla to the market with an affordable car, but no one wants it because it's tiny and GM has built a terrible reputation for itself. Sales numbers reflect this. For most people a car is a significant purchase and value plays a large role in this purchase.
- mhermher 10y agoThe Volt isn't a hybrid in the traditional sense at all. It is fully electric if you want it to be. I've actually been eying it as my next purchase. It is very unique among cars in the way it works. It only becomes a hybrid when it runs out of charge.