Ionity - how will Jaguar, Polestar etc survive?

[Medved_77]

One of the Elephants in the room ( for those of us not leasing ) is depreciation. At the moment the Model 3 is looking quite promising though until they start to hit the used market in volume the numbers will be distorted. I imagine the Ipace is a disaster for anyone who paid close to list. I wonder how the likes of Etron and Polestar will fair.
The OTA updates are allegedly good in this respect since a 3 year old M3 will have pretty much the same functionality as a brand new one.

Also the newer parts seem mostly interchangeable. Daerik via youtube upgraded his side cameras on his MX, they were plug and play. I'm pretty sure there'll be an easy cable solution for the USB C upgrade coming from a vendor in China soon too.

 

[NewbieT]

Out of interest and in danger of going off topic, why did he feel the need to upgrade his MX cameras? Have Tesla upgraded the resolution or something?

 

[Medved_77]

Out of interest and in danger of going off topic, why did he feel the need to upgrade his MX cameras? Have Tesla upgraded the resolution or something?

It was related to more colours being available in the later iterations of the cameras:

 

[hgmichna]

Jaguar built thrilling cars 50 years ago.

Left: Jaguar E V12, 1970. ........................................................... Right: Tesla Model 3 SR+, 2020.​

 

[banned-66611]

Doesn't look good for JLR

Jaguar Land Rover bailout talks fall through, report says

Jaguar Land Rover also was unwilling to accept decarbonization requirements that would have forced the automaker to accelerate its program of vehicle electrification and phase out the diesel cars that still make up most of its fleet, the Financial Times said, citing a source with knowledge of the discussions.

Not looking good for the government either. Aside from the job losses that was their hope for having some green credentials and an actual British car industry after Brexit.

 

[pdk42]

Not looking good for the government either. Aside from the job losses that was their hope for having some green credentials and an actual British car industry after Brexit.

Brexit alone puts JLR in a precarious position (I know because I have a friend who was until recently a senior exec with them). I can imagine with Covid on top, they will really struggle. Such a pity because 5 years ago they were a huge success story.

 

[CMc1]

Porsche announced “plug and charge” on Ionity today for most of Europe giving them the Tesla Supercharger experience