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And yet Tesla is still the market leader.

TylerE 4y ago
Rapidly shifting. Porsche is selling a crap ton of Taycans, more than Tesla is selling Model S. 17% of Taycan buyers are trading in a Model S.
dogma1138 4y ago
Like someone else has already mentioned Porsche and Mercedes actually offer very compelling options at the Model S/X price range that actually feel like luxury and when you paying over $100K you deserve some luxury and Hyundai, Kia, Genesis and even WV offer very compelling alternatives to the Model 3 and Y and they often are cheaper and overall provide better experience for an every-day car. Whilst Tesla’s are still selling quite well I think they still are riding their early “we are the only ones who can do EVs right” wave and “Musk fame” and with both kinda dying down I don’t see Tesla being dominant for much longer. There is too much competition from companies that are far more competent at making cars that are actually useful, all it took is for battery technology to become just a little bit more democratized and for car manufacturers to stop treating EVs as some concept car fab ala the i3… The Taycan is one of the best cars I’ve ever have driven not just as far as EV’s go but period, and I’m getting to test drive the EQS SUV in about a week and from what I heard it also is a fantastic car. And this is whilst not accounting for the mass of new EV companies and offerings coming out of China which some of them seem to be quite competitive on all fronts with Tesla too and this can really hurt Tesla especially in the Chinese market which I’m going to bet is a major growth driver for them. Unless Tesla pulls out some magic battery tech out of their ass and I mean like truly magic as in not something that other manufacturers can compensate for by putting larger batteries or by slightly lowering the power output of their platforms I really don’t see them even remaining competitive in the long term. Yes they still have their charging network but ironically it’s quickly becoming outdated with the new super fast charging standards coming out and most importantly it’s really only proving Tesla a huge advantage in the US as their charging network outside of it is of a much smaller scale if it exists at all.

Rapidly shifting. Porsche is selling a crap ton of Taycans, more than Tesla is selling Model S. 17% of Taycan buyers are trading in a Model S.

dogma1138 4y ago

Like someone else has already mentioned Porsche and Mercedes actually offer very compelling options at the Model S/X price range that actually feel like luxury and when you paying over $100K you deserve some luxury and Hyundai, Kia, Genesis and even WV offer very compelling alternatives to the Model 3 and Y and they often are cheaper and overall provide better experience for an every-day car. Whilst Tesla’s are still selling quite well I think they still are riding their early “we are the only ones who can do EVs right” wave and “Musk fame” and with both kinda dying down I don’t see Tesla being dominant for much longer. There is too much competition from companies that are far more competent at making cars that are actually useful, all it took is for battery technology to become just a little bit more democratized and for car manufacturers to stop treating EVs as some concept car fab ala the i3… The Taycan is one of the best cars I’ve ever have driven not just as far as EV’s go but period, and I’m getting to test drive the EQS SUV in about a week and from what I heard it also is a fantastic car. And this is whilst not accounting for the mass of new EV companies and offerings coming out of China which some of them seem to be quite competitive on all fronts with Tesla too and this can really hurt Tesla especially in the Chinese market which I’m going to bet is a major growth driver for them. Unless Tesla pulls out some magic battery tech out of their ass and I mean like truly magic as in not something that other manufacturers can compensate for by putting larger batteries or by slightly lowering the power output of their platforms I really don’t see them even remaining competitive in the long term. Yes they still have their charging network but ironically it’s quickly becoming outdated with the new super fast charging standards coming out and most importantly it’s really only proving Tesla a huge advantage in the US as their charging network outside of it is of a much smaller scale if it exists at all.