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This is my foundational fear of losing Tesla. Love them or hate them if they were to sink I feel the large drive to compete with them goes away and we go back t
by windexh8er 7y ago
This is my foundational fear of losing Tesla. Love them or hate them if they were to sink I feel the large drive to compete with them goes away and we go back to business as usual burning dead dinosaurs. While Tesla isn't perfect by any stretch I do think they continue to be very important to the overall market progression and higher expectations of auto manufacturers.
- jjeaff 7y agoIs there really a large drive to compete with them? So far they have proven that unit profitability is difficult if not impossible with current tech. And meanwhile, Ford is selling a quarter million F-150 trucks every quarter compared to Teslas total units per quarter around 40k. I don't think the big automakers are worried yet.
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- windexh8er 7y agoThere is. Buyers of an F150 are not buyers of any Tesla product. Ford just invested heavily in Rivian [0]. That's Tesla's backyard for sure and is a departure from those buyers of the F150. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/business/ford-rivian-investment.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/business/ford-rivian-inve... While maybe not "worried" Ford sees a risk.