lorenfb said:Berlino said:Lots of hate coming from Lorenfb. Is this recent with regards to Tesla, or was he one of those saying the company would go bankrupt in 2008?
No, it's just my view of reality. The MS is well made just like most vehicles being produced today whether
it's and an ICE or a BEV. There's nothing exceptional about it that other automotive OEMs couldn't
produce if they wanted to enter that segment of the market.
I don't disagree, as a matter of fact, I would argue many could do it better.
Just as they could have made a better Roadster in 2008, a better Model S in 2012, and a better AWD Model S in 2014.
They aren't though, giving Tesla:
as much of the luxury car market as it can fill,
enough profit to allow it to start building a worldwide fast charging network better than any other,
enough leverage to attract a partner in Panasonic to begin building the worlds largest, most efficient battery plant,
enough recognition and influence to begin to change protectionist legislation protecting the dealership model from competition.
So if they haven't yet started competing when they could have stopped Tesla early on, when will they?
At least rather than ignoring Tesla, or laughing at them, they are now at least talking about competing in a couple more years.