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It still surprises me how long this has taken -- almost 10 years: The first Nissan Leaf was model year 2011, iirc, and the Tesla Model S was year 2013. (Roadst
by Tempest1981 6y ago
It still surprises me how long this has taken -- almost 10 years:
The first Nissan Leaf was model year 2011, iirc, and the Tesla Model S was year 2013. (Roadster in 2008)
- mytailorisrich 6y agoIt's a lot of work to design new cars from the ground up (not only body and interior but the whole platform and engine), and moreover this is new, developing technology. The timescale is not unreasonable especially when you consider that the big German players have a reputation to uphold: they need to polish the product and make it to the level of quality people expect (which is much higher than Tesla cars) before it can hit the market. I think they also aim at significant numbers of units. So it makes sense to take your time to develop a product and to hit the market when electric cars are on the cusp of becoming mainstream.
- Tempest1981 6y agoDidn't mean to ignore the BMW i3 (2013?)