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With no timeline, no pre-production vehicles to show, no specs, range, or even a rough outline of what one might get for $23k. Oh, and no batteries or factorie
by djrogers 8y ago
With no timeline, no pre-production vehicles to show, no specs, range, or even a rough outline of what one might get for $23k. Oh, and no batteries or factories set up for this yet.
In what sense is this even a ‘Tesla rival’, other than the fact that it will be electric? You might as well call a Golf an F-150 competitor.
- browsercoin 8y agodon't worry. give them time, they'll figure it out. they've been building cars for a long time, far longer than Tesla.
- prostoalex 8y ago> they've been building cars for a long time, far longer than Tesla. In 2007 same could be said about Nokia vs Apple.
- browsercoin 8y agocar manufacturing is far more advanced and difficult than a smartphone which you can carry on your hand.
- cronix 8y agoSure, but the only real main similarities are they both have bodies, tires, windows, seats and a steering wheel. Just about everything else is completely different and needs to be "invented." The hard stuff.
- kojeovo 8y agoThe car part is the easy part. The alternative 'fuel' part on the other hand..
- leesec 8y agoWell, Tesla has been building electric vehicles infinitely longer than them, so
- adrianmonk 8y agoVW has been selling the e-Golf since 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf#Volkswagen_e-Golf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf#Volkswagen_e-G... It's not a great car, particularly as it's an adaptation of a gas car platform rather than a redesign, but it exists.
- gsnedders 8y agoThe e-Up! is a year older, from 2013.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoIn 1976, Volkswagen made a Rabbit with a 20 horsepower DC electric motor and a pile of lead acid batteries in the trunk where the spare tire would normally go.
- ntsplnkv2 8y agoElectric vehicles are easy, electric motors are easy and old technology, the only differentiating factor is the battery. Once the supply side of batteries is resolved then any car manufacturer can easily make electric vehicles. Most already have. They're incredibly simpler than ICE vehicles.
- saturdaysaint 8y agoMany say that this is precisely why automotive companies have been postponing the move to electric. A lot of the reason for major auto companies existence is that it used to take sophisticated multi-billion dollar organizations to design and manufacture high quality ICE engines. Overall, "anyone can make an electric car" is bad for the incumbents. China has hundreds of electric car companies turning out surprisingly decent vehicles that are probably good enough for most of the world. The vacuum company Dyson is getting into electric cars. Everything but the powertrain (including almost all of the safety technology from seats and airbags to sensors and driver assistance) is available from suppliers, so it really isn't out of the question for more new brands to disrupt the industry.
- blackstrips 8y agoDon’t really understand why everyone is shitting on them ... more cheap EVs are good no? Sure it might be a long shot but Tesla was a long shot too. Everyone was super enthusiastic.
- umeshunni 8y ago> In what sense is this even a ‘Tesla rival’ In the clickbait sense.
- Aser 8y agoVW has already shown pre-production models, and the timeline is 2020. There's more info on the VW website: https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/electric-hybrid/id https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/electric-hybrid/id The VW ID supposedly has up to 372 mile range according to that site.