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They will need tad more models for that than Model 3 and Model 3 Combi. Most of the world is not Russia where everyone drives Lada VAZ 2105

panick21_ 4y ago
They are building a gigantic factory in Mexico and likely in China to build a new model. But the reality is most cars sold are simply SUV or sedans. If they add a smaller car and pickup/van platform. They can cover millions of sales with that alone. Tesla saves a huge amount of money, VW in comparison has a MEV platform but then essentially builds almost the exact same car 4 times, once for VW, once for Skoda, once for Audi. And then runs advertisements for each of them. Achieving the same volume without splitting into many brands is a huge cost advantage.
- user_named 4y ago
  It's the other way around. Running multiple brands on a single platform is a huge cost advantage.
  - panick21_ 4y ago
    No it isn't. If you sell 1 million vehicles of 5 brand or 1 million vehicles on 1 brand, you clearly save a huge amount of money not to have to design 5 different cars and 5 different production lines, 5 different versions of the software, 5 different companies that each have their own overhead and so on. Tesla makes the same Model Y on 4 different factories and produces more of them then all SUV that VW makes on their platform. And VW produces it in many more different plants. Having multiple brands on one platform is only an advantage if you somehow think that having multiple brands increases your sales.
    - user_named 4y ago
      You don't get it. Having more brands is a way to increase sales.
      - panick21_ 4y ago
        I literally wrote that, so I do get it, but brands are not magic. If Toyota has far fewer brands then, VW and yet the sell more cars. How is that possible? Brands are supposed to help sell more. Do you think Tesla would sell more cars if they just split into 5 different brands? Also, if brands are so great, why not split into 100 brands. Clearly based on your opinion, brands are good therefore more brands are better.

panick21_ 4y ago

They are building a gigantic factory in Mexico and likely in China to build a new model. But the reality is most cars sold are simply SUV or sedans. If they add a smaller car and pickup/van platform. They can cover millions of sales with that alone. Tesla saves a huge amount of money, VW in comparison has a MEV platform but then essentially builds almost the exact same car 4 times, once for VW, once for Skoda, once for Audi. And then runs advertisements for each of them. Achieving the same volume without splitting into many brands is a huge cost advantage.

user_named 4y ago
It's the other way around. Running multiple brands on a single platform is a huge cost advantage.
- panick21_ 4y ago
  No it isn't. If you sell 1 million vehicles of 5 brand or 1 million vehicles on 1 brand, you clearly save a huge amount of money not to have to design 5 different cars and 5 different production lines, 5 different versions of the software, 5 different companies that each have their own overhead and so on. Tesla makes the same Model Y on 4 different factories and produces more of them then all SUV that VW makes on their platform. And VW produces it in many more different plants. Having multiple brands on one platform is only an advantage if you somehow think that having multiple brands increases your sales.
  - user_named 4y ago
    You don't get it. Having more brands is a way to increase sales.
    - panick21_ 4y ago
      I literally wrote that, so I do get it, but brands are not magic. If Toyota has far fewer brands then, VW and yet the sell more cars. How is that possible? Brands are supposed to help sell more. Do you think Tesla would sell more cars if they just split into 5 different brands? Also, if brands are so great, why not split into 100 brands. Clearly based on your opinion, brands are good therefore more brands are better.