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All true, it will take a while for EV supply to catch up with demand, and Tesla is in a very good position, they seem to have locked in a lot of battery supply,
by Maarten88 4y ago
All true, it will take a while for EV supply to catch up with demand, and Tesla is in a very good position, they seem to have locked in a lot of battery supply, their production is very efficient and they have much better margins than all other manufacturers. Most traditional manufacturers sell EV´s at a loss, and talk about 50% EV´s in 2030, which seems far to little too late, I think they´ll need to move much faster if they want to avoid bankruptcy.
I do think Tesla´s position is very similar to Ford´s position over a hundred years ago. Ford initially had all the same advantages with the T model. Yet Ford was overtaken in the 1920´s by GM who started segmenting the market, giving customers different brands, models and options to choose from.
For the coming years no manufacturer will be able to really compete with Tesla, but I do think Tesla will need to introduce more models and start covering more niches in the car market.
- clouddrover 4y ago> For the coming years no manufacturer will be able to really compete with Tesla If you look at it by brand, Tesla is the best selling EV brand in Europe in 2022: https://eu-evs.com/bestSellers/ALL/Brands/Year/2022 https://eu-evs.com/bestSellers/ALL/Brands/Year/2022 But Volkswagen, for example, owns many brands (VW, Audi, Skoda, SEAT, Porsche, etc.) and its EV sales are split across many models. By auto group, Volkswagen is the biggest EV maker in Europe. Tesla has gone from number 1 in 2019 to number 3 so far this year: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Years https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Y... The EV model segmentation you're talking about is already happening.