Tesla has always been a NO WIN financially... other than perhaps those who got in cheap early...
If the Electric Car truly catches on, it will be mass produced cheaper by bigger players with more experience.
Tesla can only survive by being a niche player, or selling itself off to noe of those players moving into the space.
It he electric car doesn’t catch on, and with recharge times in the hours, thats the most likely scenario, that it remains a niche player... then it will die trying to be a mainstream product rather than a high margin niche product.
Electric vehicles are fine for nice situations, commuter vehicles, etc... but, until you can drive 300-400 miles, and recharge in 10 minutes or less, and have abundant infrastructure to support that recharging, its a non starter.
I think Tesla’s executive personnel problems are pretty amusing also. They can’t keep any top brass because every new superstar that shows up looks at his/her portfolio and then rapidly “reconsiders”.
Also didn’t the entire Quality Team resign, or get cut, or something like that? lol
“but, until you can drive 300-400 miles, and recharge in 10 minutes or less, and have abundant infrastructure to support that recharging, its a non starter.”
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And that battery has to perform at that rate throughout its lifetime. But that’s the problem with batteries: the older they get, the less charge they hold before they have to be recharged again. And they’re expensive to replace, and hazardous to the environment.
Yeah try driving out the mountains are in the desert in one of those stupid things you’d be screwed
Or worse yet driving around begging somebody for some her to plug it in which it only takes a 240 V outlet good luck
You are only scratching the surface of whats wrong with electric cars.