drinkerofkoolaid
Active Member
Didn't Elon say 100 Gigafactories would be needed for automobile demand alone? If Tesla Motors, Panasonic, (Apple?), and other companies are going to partner with Tesla to fund these factories, it will make it very difficult for any other competition to emerge. Tesla will become the largest battery supplier in the world, for Electric Vehicles, home and business energy storage, etc. The economies of scale will allow Tesla to produce Electric Vehicles for significantly less than any other company. On top of this, Tesla can sell batteries from old Tesla's to Solar City at a discount, allowing them to be repurposed as energy storage units at a price below what any other company can achieve. Sound about right?