plumazul
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I own both a Tesla Model S and a Ford Focus Electric. We bought them within months of each other in 2017 and they are both great cars. My wife uses the Ford as a daily driver and loves it (doesn't like to drive the S, yet). The Ford has a tiny battery (33.5 kWh) but it gets the job done without drama and (unlike the Leaf) has a very sophisticated battery management system . It's way more efficient than the S, using about 5/8 of the power/mile as the S. The Ford has had 2 breakdowns that required towing. One purely mechanical the other was a failure of the 12v battery(sound familiar to you Tesla owners?) The Model S has been almost flawless (a Ranger came to my house and replaced an outside mirror because it was deploying slow. It never failed just got slow) and has a lot more miles since it's our trip car.
So two points:
Ford knows how to build cars. They also know a LOT about electric drivetrains. We owned several Ford/Merc hybrids since 2006 and they were state of the art and well built. This Mustang E is just the beginning from Ford. But that's a good thing. It's what Elon wanted.
It is amazing that Tesla has caught up to companies who have been building cars for a century in such a short amount of time and they are still learning how to increase margins which will make them competitive with ANYONE in the world.
There's room for a lot more EV manufacturers. The goal is to get the ICE cars off the road. It's going to take a lot more participants to get it done.
So two points:
Ford knows how to build cars. They also know a LOT about electric drivetrains. We owned several Ford/Merc hybrids since 2006 and they were state of the art and well built. This Mustang E is just the beginning from Ford. But that's a good thing. It's what Elon wanted.
It is amazing that Tesla has caught up to companies who have been building cars for a century in such a short amount of time and they are still learning how to increase margins which will make them competitive with ANYONE in the world.
There's room for a lot more EV manufacturers. The goal is to get the ICE cars off the road. It's going to take a lot more participants to get it done.