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The other 2 of 3 benefit from the torrential inflows of capital, and if one of them produces some clever engineering then perhaps it's a net win overall for soc
by totalZero 6y ago
The other 2 of 3 benefit from the torrential inflows of capital, and if one of them produces some clever engineering then perhaps it's a net win overall for society.
- blablabla123 6y agoExactly that. The situation has reversed completely compared to 10 years ago. From there we have "innovations" like the BMW i3 which seems to be exclusively used by their own car rental company because it's not a feasible product by itself.
- Rule35 6y agoOn the other hand, if a bunch of ... less than engineering experts ... run to try to copy Tesla (which is working on a whole other level making custom alloys, etc) they're just going to waste a bunch of money and ruin investor's trust in the market for better ideas. Far better to pick the thing you actually add and do just that. For these people, maybe it's the nicely conformal panel.
- baybal2 6y agoThe other 2 of 3 does benefit, but I wouldn't say they are much better other than not being an outright scam. Anything other than stratospheric sales from first year means they end up being dinner for existing manufacturers in low to mid-end. And if they don't beat Tesla in the high-end, means they are dinner for Tesla. Not to say a lion share of money still goes to people with zero automotive experience, or just above that of golf cart makers.