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Not at all. Thus is entirely in response to government mandates and the Semi is still vaporware. These trucks are short haul, to boot.
by new_realist 6y ago
Not at all. Thus is entirely in response to government mandates and the Semi is still vaporware. These trucks are short haul, to boot.
- tenpies 6y agoExactly. Tesla is a huge benefactor of government credits and programs - not the reason for those programs. Competitors are not jumping in because the market is ready to pay unsubsidized prices for EVs, they're jumping in because the market will pay subsidized prices. We're only just going to see what the EV landscape looks like in the next few years without the hefty hand of the government tilting the scales.
- anonuser123456 6y agoMake ICE vehicles pay the price of their carbon emissions and then we'll talk about making price comparisons.