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> They also do not have the capacity to produce vehicles at the rate of companies like BMW, Mercedes, Honda, etc. I don't buy that for a second, esp given that
by vvanders 9y ago
> They also do not have the capacity to produce vehicles at the rate of companies like BMW, Mercedes, Honda, etc.
I don't buy that for a second, esp given that they are now out-selling the S Class[1].
[1] https://electrek.co/2017/05/26/tesls-model-s-leading-us-large-luxury-segment/ https://electrek.co/2017/05/26/tesls-model-s-leading-us-larg...
- sxates 9y agoTo be fair - the S Class is a relatively low volume car. I don't have exact figures, but I'd expect it to be in the range of 2-3% of the cars Mercedes manufactures. BMW made nearly 2,000,000 cars in 2015[1], and this year, best case, Tesla will make 150,000. That's an order of magnitude difference in scale. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW#Production
- vvanders 9y agoYes, but in the context of a single production line that I feel like that reasoning doesn't stand. Yes Telsa doesn't make as much in volume, but we're already only talking about cars in the EV segment.
- ptaipale 9y agoThe S class is a prestige product for Mercedes, its volumes are minuscule compared to other models. Tesla made about 100 000 cars in 2017. Mercedes produced almost 2.4 million.