Ulmo
Active Member
VWAudi Etron & MB EQC are not only close to the 2012 Model S, but better in many ways, hitting a different set of features than Tesla has. Tesla can snap your neck with its launch all the while you hear the screaming ICE engines around you through thin insulation and spill your papers that aren't in a nonexistent door pocket into your footwell causing you to have a fender bender putting your car in the shop for months, but the German models aren't about snapping your neck, aren't about keeping you annoyed at ICE cars, and aren't about letting your affairs go all over. First, the German models have a door pocket, and second, they aren't imposing the outside world onto you, and third, they are comfortable. For now, there may be a minimum of people who are tired of Tesla and want to switch back to Audi and Mercedes, but they do exist. Further, some existing Mercedes and Audi owners will probably like the idea of an EQC, EQS, or Etron, test drive one, and find it to their liking. That is a fair bit better in some ways than the 2012 Model S. Many, in fact.We’ve been hearing this refrain for a very long time. Still waiting. Porsche is finally releasing something that can almost compete with a 2012 Model S(better in some ways, worse in a lot of ways and way more expensive) and nobody else has anything close.
Granted, the Model 3 is a big step up from the Model S. Tesla is years ahead in many important dimensions.
I think there's enough market share for a lot of the companies. Just we have to get used to Tesla being a big part of that. I for one am looking forward to a used EQS, or maybe used Model Y or used Model X, or maybe a used competent e-van or more truck-like platform. I have even odds which one of the least utilitarian vehicles will meet my liking and budget first, but the utilitarian vehicles I probably need most are least likely to be available soonest. Basically, the short-termers here get really near-sighted and don't realize there's plenty of market share left (like 98% of it).
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