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I’m not sure how bad a deal that would have been for the legacy companies - I’d guess most of their patents are worthless (maybe good for defense). The legacy
by fossuser 6y ago
I’m not sure how bad a deal that would have been for the legacy companies - I’d guess most of their patents are worthless (maybe good for defense).
The legacy car companies are held back by the dealer model and failing to execute for ten years giving tesla a massive head start.
I’m not sure they’ll be able to survive the transition. Refusing to support superchargers just makes whatever EVs they do come up with a non-starter. The Electrify America network sucks.
- foepys 6y agoThose "legacy" companies are already selling more EV than Tesla in Norway. Norway taxes ICE to an extreme and was Tesla's PR example where they claimed to be the front-runner. In 2020 from January to October the Model 3 was behind the Audi e-Tron, VW's aging e-Golf, the VW ID.3, the Hyundai Kona, and the Nissan Leaf.
- fossuser 6y agoNorway isn’t that big - a lot of the advantages tesla has don’t matter as much there so it’s not as easily comparable. Beyond that I don’t know the specifics (price in Norway, etc.)