OrientExpress
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edatokrun:
Thank you for your reply as I think it hits the nail on the head perfectly both for Tesla's abilities as a manufacturer and Nissan's pioneering efforts in bringing affordable EV's to market.
Tesla has the potential to either flame out spectacularly or become a great 21st-century success story. Right now, it is leaning toward the former than the latter. Its cash burn is phenomenal, and its forecasts for production are unrealistic to all but the naive who rely on blogs to get their information. Let's have the conversation about Tesla's abilities this time next year when both the money and excuses will have run out. As a Telsa long-term stockholder, I hope for the best for them, but the industry-based part of me is pessimistic at this time.
As for Nissan, seven years ago with the introduction of the LEAF, Nissan pioneered the modern mass-market EV, and the first generation LEAF has shown to be a well-built reliable car. But despite their best intentions, they found that what was originally thought to be an edge case of traction battery heat degradation turned out to be a flaw in the original traction battery design. Combine that with the start of some of the hottest weather in the US on record, and the head of their US product marketing making durability claims that turned out not to be accurate left a bad taste with some.
Fast forward to today, and we see that Nissan has learned much about making EVs in the last seven years and have addressed the areas for improvement extremely well.
Five years ago the head of Nissan's Product Marketing group got sacked for being a bit too optimistic.
Four years ago they re-engineered their traction battery to provide a much higher level of reliability, beefed up the warranty on that battery to remedy the edge case problems that will crop up and have significantly mitigated the traction battery reliability issues that plagued the early cars.
And for those that chose to buy their early Gen 1 LEAFs, last year Nissan has rolled out a targeted traction battery replacement program that is fair and balanced to help these early owners breathe new life in their cars.
With the reveal of LEAF2 just a few hours away, Nissan will up its game in its EV technology and how they stand behind their product. They are the leaders in mass-market affordable value-driven EVs and have no intention of ceding that crown.
I'm on my way to Las Vegas today, and can hardly wait to see the new car in the flesh tomorrow evening and drive it on Wednesday.
And for those that insist on reliving those teething issues that the early cars had, I say, "Please get over it and move on." You do yourself a great disservice in relitigating what happened many years ago.
Thank you for your reply as I think it hits the nail on the head perfectly both for Tesla's abilities as a manufacturer and Nissan's pioneering efforts in bringing affordable EV's to market.
Tesla has the potential to either flame out spectacularly or become a great 21st-century success story. Right now, it is leaning toward the former than the latter. Its cash burn is phenomenal, and its forecasts for production are unrealistic to all but the naive who rely on blogs to get their information. Let's have the conversation about Tesla's abilities this time next year when both the money and excuses will have run out. As a Telsa long-term stockholder, I hope for the best for them, but the industry-based part of me is pessimistic at this time.
As for Nissan, seven years ago with the introduction of the LEAF, Nissan pioneered the modern mass-market EV, and the first generation LEAF has shown to be a well-built reliable car. But despite their best intentions, they found that what was originally thought to be an edge case of traction battery heat degradation turned out to be a flaw in the original traction battery design. Combine that with the start of some of the hottest weather in the US on record, and the head of their US product marketing making durability claims that turned out not to be accurate left a bad taste with some.
Fast forward to today, and we see that Nissan has learned much about making EVs in the last seven years and have addressed the areas for improvement extremely well.
Five years ago the head of Nissan's Product Marketing group got sacked for being a bit too optimistic.
Four years ago they re-engineered their traction battery to provide a much higher level of reliability, beefed up the warranty on that battery to remedy the edge case problems that will crop up and have significantly mitigated the traction battery reliability issues that plagued the early cars.
And for those that chose to buy their early Gen 1 LEAFs, last year Nissan has rolled out a targeted traction battery replacement program that is fair and balanced to help these early owners breathe new life in their cars.
With the reveal of LEAF2 just a few hours away, Nissan will up its game in its EV technology and how they stand behind their product. They are the leaders in mass-market affordable value-driven EVs and have no intention of ceding that crown.
I'm on my way to Las Vegas today, and can hardly wait to see the new car in the flesh tomorrow evening and drive it on Wednesday.
And for those that insist on reliving those teething issues that the early cars had, I say, "Please get over it and move on." You do yourself a great disservice in relitigating what happened many years ago.