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> Something is not working with this carbon credit market, the article says demand for electric cars is not there so the auto makers can't generate their own cr
by lazyjones 7y ago
> Something is not working with this carbon credit market, the article says demand for electric cars is not there so the auto makers can't generate their own credits.
Just low quality articles - most other car makers have long delivery times for EV due to demand, 6 to 18 months in some cases. Their real problem is that they can't or don't want (negative margin?) to produce in quantities.
- sokoloff 7y agoLet's see. Long delivery times due to demand that exceeds supply. Margin pressure on the product. I wonder what Microeconomics 101 suggests the path forward for a supplier caught in that trap? It's been a while since I took Econ, but I think the answer is maybe raising prices? Tends to align demand with supply and improve unit economics.
- lazyjones 7y agoThis would be the correct choice in a simplified scenario without considering the competition, but car makers know how it'd work out: Tesla would sell even more cars and they'd sell none. Why are they doing what they're doing? Possibly because they want to slow down Tesla's growth and virtue-signal a little without losing too much money. I'm not sure it's working very well for Jaguar and Audi at the moment.