This is pretty funny:
BMW Says Tesla's Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales chief Pieter Nota says EV customers used to be early adopters two years ago, but EVs are now attractive to a much broader audience.insideevs.com
My official reaction to this - as to so many similar statements in the past - is great, let's see it. More EV's is better. My less rational response is that consumers are going to treat BMW vs. Tesla when/if they bring them all to market like any other vehicle decision. Some BMW die hards will buy it just because of brand loyalty. Those consumers weren't going to buy a Tesla anyway. Some will buy it because of cosmetics. Some will buy it because they just love having a dealer tell them what they should do and are subject to such sales pressure. A whole lot more, however, will compare the crap outta the options and likely go with Tesla based on objective measurables, chiefly battery efficiency. In any of the above events, an ICE (predominantly a BMW ICE) will not be on the road. Win-win.This is pretty funny:
BMW Says Tesla's Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales chief Pieter Nota says EV customers used to be early adopters two years ago, but EVs are now attractive to a much broader audience.
Yeah, the Ford CEO came out with a similar one the other day about "Catching Tesla" (after he got his raise) as well as Mercedes. Hyundai on the other hand doesn't talk about it, they just keep improving their BEV's and making more of them.there is a pattern here - announcements from competition seem to be coming out around Tesla earnings calls
This is actually a great point. Hyundai seems to be filling the economy price point very well. I'm also seeing more Polestars in my neighborhood, but don't see a bunch of Volvo claims about killing Tesla. The quieter the company the better the progress. You listening Toyota. I swear their promotional spending must double R&D.
Chinese companies bought Kuka before Tesla bought Grohman. No idea why the German government thought that was fine, but that probably is why you find more in Shanghai and why homegrown industrial robots will become a reality at Tesla with the Grohman team and IP.
They thought ludicrous mode meant their styling.
Imo the big question is how the bottle neck will change from the covid lockdowns in Shanghai. Will chips still be the limiting factor in 2022? Did the lockdowns not affect chips? If so then Q3 and Q4 production numbers are gonna be insane as they catch up with the temporary chip buffer that was created in Q2. If not then production is now (temporarily) the limiting factor.
In answer to the legacy company's claims, I hereby quote an old Smiley Lewis song, "I hear you knocking, but you can't come in."
Saw that.Tesla didn't need to buy Panasonic....
Did you see Jordan Giesige's latest "Cyber Rodeo" video? He shows images and discusses how Tesla is already modifying their Gigapresses to increase output by improving the thermal control with heat exchangers and an insulated stainless steel bottle "heat sink". Of course, heat transfer from the aluminum castings is The Limiting Factor.
That takeover did cause a flurry of activity in Germany; my recollection is that the response was a strong tightening of premitted foreign acquisitions.
Good god the new beemers are hideous!
This is pretty funny:
BMW Says Tesla's Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales chief Pieter Nota says EV customers used to be early adopters two years ago, but EVs are now attractive to a much broader audience.
When BMW or Ford can produce hundreds of thousands of EVs per quarter with the COGS and margins Tesla has, they can claim Tesla’s dominance is over.
This is pretty funny:
BMW Says Tesla's Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales chief Pieter Nota says EV customers used to be early adopters two years ago, but EVs are now attractive to a much broader audience.
I will refer you back to a previous post by @StarFoxisDown! that answered almost the same question I had on April 6th, so it sounds like it might be possible to "catch up" after the shutdown and have insane Q3 and Q4 numbers... see below:
