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Powerwalls are both a niche and premium product, provided by basically one company, EVs are neither.

• bryanlarsen 4y ago
  There are probably more companies making powerwall type products than there are car companies. For example, emergency power generation companies like Generac have them, there's an ecosystem of companies competing with Jackery that are attacking it from the bottom (ecoflow, bluetti, etc), a lot of solar and solar-adjacent companies have one (enphase, myenergi, etc).
  • svnt 4y ago
    I doubt what you said is true but irrespective, number of companies != size of market, and the companies you mention serve different markets/functions, so a consumer product company also != an EV company. It is relatively easy to design/build/sell a functional powerwall or generator equivalent, but one person cannot get into the market with an EV.
    • bryanlarsen 4y ago
      Your last statement is the reason why mine is true. I'm not trying to imply that the average powerwall company is comparable to an EV company.
      • svnt 4y ago
        Then isn’t it also the reason why your statement isn’t relevant to the point I was making?
        • bryanlarsen 4y ago
          Your original statement was "Powerwalls are both a niche and premium product, provided by basically one company, " Tesla has a very small fraction of this market. Most of the market is outside the US, and Tesla basically only operates in the US for power walls.