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> [..]include a new 'Core Technology'[..] > It is not yet clear that Tesla has either of those. Did you seriously miss the part where they removed the interna
by matt4077 9y ago
> [..]include a new 'Core Technology'[..]
> It is not yet clear that Tesla has either of those.
Did you seriously miss the part where they removed the internal combustion engine? Because that does seem like something of a new "core technology".
It's "new" in the sense of Tesla being the first to successfully use it at that scale.
- csours 9y agoIt does seem like it, but it really only seems like it. To be sure, the technologies used in the propulsion system of a battery electric vehicle are very different from the technologies of an internal combustion engine drive train; however the electric propulsion system is basically a straight replacement of the ICE drivetrain. The vehicle still performs the same job, in basically the same way. A new Core Technology would be self-driving cars, or a completely automated manufacturing plant - both things that Tesla may have in the future
- colechristensen 9y agoIt's a different set of parts, but it's the same sort of business. They're still manufacturing cars in much the same ways existing cars are manufactured and selling cars in much the same way existing cars are sold and people are using cars in much the same ways as existing cars are used. The factory has a different set of machines and builds a different power train, but the fundamentals of the business are not any different.