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> What happens to Tesla if this works as promised? That they finally fulfilled a big part of their mission statement and got the biggest (single) Auto Manufac
by Melting_Harps 6y ago
> What happens to Tesla if this works as promised?
That they finally fulfilled a big part of their mission statement and got the biggest (single) Auto Manufacture to develop the battery tech to pivot their entire lineup to EV.
> It would be bad. But honestly Battery Tech to me is "I'll believe it when I see it".
Agreed. GM invested in the Badger to compete with the Cybertruck only for everything to fall apart at the last minute, I want to see this tech proven and on the road in the 100s of thousand of Camrys and Corollas they sell a year before I think it can pose a threat to Tesla. But maybe a merger happens?
The factory in Fremont used to be a Toyota factory after all. And Toyota's CEO has a 'real chef and kitchen' [0] and has its sight on them.
0: https://electrek.co/2020/11/06/toyota-ceo-goes-after-tesla-elon-musk-strange-cooking-analogy/ https://electrek.co/2020/11/06/toyota-ceo-goes-after-tesla-e...
- jeffbee 6y ago> That they finally fulfilled a big part of their mission statement and got the biggest (single) Auto Manufacture to develop the battery tech to pivot their entire lineup to EV. Toyota has shipped fifteen million battery-powered cars and they started two decades before Tesla. I seriously doubt they were adrift until Tesla finally inspired them.
- kjksf 6y agoToyota shipped "ICE engine powered cars, supplemented by a tiny electric battery". When they did fully electric RAV4 EV, they got the batteries from, wait for it, Tesla. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV Per Musk, when original RAV4 EV contract expired, Toyota wanted more batteries but Tesla refused because at the time they were battery limited even for their own cars and the planned Model 3. Toyota apparently was incapable of doing the battery themselves so they terminated RAV4 EV production.