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> Tesla has ... like a 10-year head start from my uninformed opinion. In some ways yes, in other ways the incumbents are a decade ahead. Both sides are racing
by SideburnsOfDoom 7y ago
> Tesla has ... like a 10-year head start from my uninformed opinion.
In some ways yes, in other ways the incumbents are a decade ahead. Both sides are racing to replicate the other's competence.
Tesla has just shipped their 1 millionth vehicle ever, after 17 years. (1)
VW ships around 11 million vehicles per year. Every year. (2)
Tesla needs the scale with reliable high build quality that VW has. VW needs to make more of them electric vehicles, and to that end make them comparable to Teslas.
1) https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/10/tesla-elon-musk-electric-cars-electric-vehicles-model-3/5008549002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/10/tesla-el...
2) https://www.statista.com/topics/1574/volkswagen/ https://www.statista.com/topics/1574/volkswagen/