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The shift was inevitable and always in progress with or without Tesla. They have been selling and experimenting with electric cars for a very long time. Nobod
by jariel 6y ago
The shift was inevitable and always in progress with or without Tesla.
They have been selling and experimenting with electric cars for a very long time.
Nobody has 'copied' anything that Tesla has done, they've done it on their own terms and sales have been picking up especially in Europe for a long time.
Tesla added some enthusiasm and pop culture flavour to the moment, but they didn't change anything. At most, they accelerated the timeline by a few years.
- mpweiher 6y agoOther companies have experiment with EVs for a long time and repeatedly, invariably failed miserably at it. One crucial mistake they all made was focusing on the low-end, where the technology just wasn't viable/practical and couldn't be made viable/practical in one step. Tesla's genius was focusing on the high end first and letting that trickle down. Starting with a car that didn't have to be practical to be viable.
- jariel 6y agoEverything failed until it didn't. Millions of EV's are sold by companies that didn't copy or follow Tesla. I agree with your assessment of how Tesla 'did it' - but other companies were 'doing it' at the same time.
- rsynnott 6y agoThe Renault Zoe (which outsells any Tesla in Europe) came out the same year as the Model S, and is about as low end as (Western) electric cars get. Focusing on the low end apparently worked in that case...