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Maybe that's part of it. I'm sure another part of it is that Ford is already big enough, that there isn't a lot of growth potential there. That said, it's not
by TFortunato 10y ago
Maybe that's part of it. I'm sure another part of it is that Ford is already big enough, that there isn't a lot of growth potential there.
That said, it's not like they are exactly just making small refinements to gasoline engines, while SV companies are the only real innovators, chasing electric and self-serving vehicles. We just tend not to talk about it as much on HN (compared to Tesla, for example):
https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2017/01/03/ford-new-electric-cars/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2017/01/03/ford-new...
- jnicholasp 10y agoFord doesn't have much room to grow because they are a mature company in a mature field. Tesla is creating new fields. Ford doesn't know how to create new fields, therefore they're stuck making small improvements to existing things, and, once someone like Tesla makes it very clear that a new field exists and is viable, Ford will reluctantly follow the market trend. Ford does normal science [0], Tesla does revolutionary science [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_science https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_science [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_...
- bigtimeidiot 10y ago>Ford does normal science [0], Tesla does revolutionary science [1]. Peak delusion.
- jnicholasp 10y agoI don't know what this is meant to mean.