3 ms·

I’ve been saying this for a long time and always being laughed at. Tesla may still have an advantage in the battery tech but the Tesla machine is no match to e

• MBCook 4y ago
  They also have the plants. If they can get batteries they can scale faster. What’s going to happen faster? Tesla building an entire new factory? Or VW converting a factory from ICE to EV? I know Tesla has a few factories in progress now. But even if demand sticks grows they may not be able to meet it as fast.
  • rad_gruchalski 4y ago
    There’s that. And then there’s how fast „legacy” manufacturers can get their shit together. Look at Porsche. They rolled out a complete Taycan factory at €700m within a year or so [1]. No slips, no mess like what happened with Tesla in Brandenburg. [1]: okay, under 48 months: https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/2019/09/Porsche_opens_factory.html https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/2019/09/Porsche_opens_f..., https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1j6rHBoePw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1j6rHBoePw.
• novok 4y ago
  IMO the dealership network isn't really the issue, it's the lack of available parts, lack of repairability in their designs, like the battery pack, a lack of repair manuals for third party shops to adopt, choosing designs that break really easily (like the model X falcon doors) and not having physical buttons for safety reasons. But these are all fixable problems. Good parts availability and a good repair manual set will create a service network very fast, and dealerships are frankly annoying as fuck.