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Originally Posted by RM7
The real question is, should automakers follow the money by making cars for the 99% of people that just want to get from point A to B and straight line performance? Volume of sales will make this the lucrative business model for almost every automaker, just look at all the former “sports car” automakers shifting to SUVs for volume. Because what you care about in a car wont make money unless it gets more and more expensive/in reach of only those who can afford to pay ridiculous prices for it.
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It's impossible to make a car 99% of people want. Otherwise that is called a perfect car.
Tesla makes cars that fit people's needs in TODAY'S WORLD. A time where people think "we're not ready" for this EV transition yet.
It doesn't matter how you slice it, since people like running around this argument, tesla has built a system that works TODAY. The network, the range, the performance and the price. Nothing comes close to it when you want to have all of that.
Car makers can make 30k EV's. But it doesn't have the performance and range.
Car makers can make a 2000hp super sedan EV but then it costs double the top price tesla super sedan. And it still doesn't have the network tesla has.
I'm starting to realize, actually nah i already knew, it's not so much about people being against EV's, but mainly tesla. Well first they have a problem with tesla, then they have a problem with EV's overall.
But weird because the model 3 and Y are the best selling EV's right now.
The model s plaid has become the gold standard in performance measurements when considering straight line speed.
Everyone is chasing tesla, trying to beat it at it's own game. But still fall short when considering everything overall.
Car makers will need time to catch up.