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Completely agree. This is why they are doing small scale closed doors trials in collaboration with a single private company ... Problems seem normal. "Hot mess"
by theteapot 3y ago
Completely agree. This is why they are doing small scale closed doors trials in collaboration with a single private company ... Problems seem normal. "Hot mess" seems normal. They're not in production.
- pclmulqdq 3y ago"Order now, you get the truck in 2 years" - Elon Musk 6 years ago.
- wilg 3y agoThey didn't take orders/deposits until 2022! Also, who cares? Sometimes products take longer than usual. Especially ones that have never been done before, like a practical electric semi truck for chrissake! Plus, they also had to move a lot of people to rework existing models to accommodate supply chain issues from Covid for like several years.
- runako 3y ago> ones that have never been done before BYD has shipped tens of thousands of EV semi trucks, starting in 2018, approximately 5 years ago. This is something that absolutely has been done before, and is available for delivery today. BYD is the second-largest manufacturer of BEVs and the largest manufacturer of the category that comprises PHEVs and BEVs. The company is not well-known in America, but Warren Buffet invested in the company way back in 2008.
- wilg 3y agoBYD does make electric trucks of various kinds, most are not semi trucks. They also make electric semi trucks but it seems like less than about 200 have been delivered, and starting last year, in 2022. So these are vehicle programs happening at the same time.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoThey actually did take deposits immediately after that announcement, at a time when they would have been suspiciously close to bankruptcy without a cash injection.