Posted on 03/07/2022 9:24:50 AM PST by Red Badger
I think we’ll be seeing battery tech that will go 500 miles and charge in 20 minutes. That to me would be a sweet spot.
Tesla has been promising low(er) cost vehicles for about a decade now, and has not delivered on that promise.
And, depending on China to help them produce anything, vehicles and batteries, is pretty foolish, given the international relations that are very confrontational lately, and won’t be getting any better in, perhaps forever.
GM has promised that they will be all-electric by 2030-2035. If they can accomplish that goal, they’ll be the biggest EV maker on the planet. GM lost me as a customer with that promise, since I won’t be getting any EV from them or anybody, and if they do stop producing ICE vehicles, why would anybody buy anything from them now?
Model 3 says, “Hello”.
Why do you think Tesla is selling so many car (nearly a million EVs sold last year)?
And, depending on China to help them produce anything, vehicles and batteries, is pretty foolish, given the international relations that are very confrontational lately, and won't be getting any better in, perhaps forever.
Where do you think all the high numbers of Teslas sold in Europe come from?
Shanghai China.
Tesla is #1 EV seller in Europe just from importing Teslas from the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai.
And that is even before the huge new Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin starts producing.
ZERO probability of that happening
I’ll take a Chevy short box PU like the old models in standard cab with a V8 350 with 4 bbl carb with a standard transmission with overdrive and positration.
Eff the elctrics. There is no place to charge that junk.
The entry level model 3 starts at around $45,000. Not exactly an everyday consumer vehicle. And then, if you want any options included, it will likely end up costing upwards of $55,000. I know, I’ve checked.
So, the Model 3 may say ‘hello’, but the consumer will say ‘bye’.
And, it’s still a vehicle with not much better than a 300 mile range, and ‘refueling’ times of a few hours. Still not an everyday consumer vehicle.
And, the European market is not the same as the U.S. market, where people haven’t had to pay the much higher prices of fuel that the Europeans have paid for a long time now.
And, China is still the country that is public enemy #1 for all kinds of imports, and getting a lot worse by the minute. Once people insist that the government push for all manufacturing to occur in the U.S., ‘bye-bye China’ and ‘bye-bye Teslas from China’.
China is NOT our friend, and anybody or any company that depends heavily in China as the producing company for any product, will end up losing mightily.
And, from what I’ve read, the battery gigafactory production is more fantasy than a reality, especially since the battery technology hasn’t really progressed much in the last 10 years, no matter how much hype one reads or hears in the media. In fact, I’ve read that even Tesla is rethinking the battery technology and the gigafactory idea.
And just how is this US government going to make GM #1 in the huge EV car markets in Europe and in China where Tesla is #1 right now?
Or even in America where Tesla has over 70% EV market share last year and Tesla/Musk have fanatical fans and Dementia Joe is hated by a big percentage of the population.
Well model 3 is much cheaper than Model S and the release model 3 sent Tesla car sales skyrocketing to close to a million cars sold last year, with a long waiting list.
With Giga Berlin and Giga Texas starting production this year, expect Tesla's fast growth to continue.
Um...the consumer is saying “Hello” to Model 3 in a very big way.
Model 3 is by far the top selling EV model on the planet.
Except almost all Teslas sold in America are made in California and from next month in Texas.
China is NOT our friend, and anybody or any company that depends heavily in China as the producing company for any product, will end up losing mightily
You mean like Apple?
Fact: Tesla manufacturers in America more than Apple ever has.
You talk like a child.
And, from what I've read, the battery gigafactory production is more fantasy than a reality,
You are living in an alternate reality fantasyland.
Tesla has been making batteries in Freemont Giga and at Giga Nevada for a long time. Soon to start in Guda Texas.
And 4680 production has already started in Freemont.
You need to read up. You don't really know what you are talking about do you?
And the avalanche is already stupid enough, just like Honda’s Ridgeline. Not a real pickup, it’s a half-suburban without any covered cargo space.
It’s basically the ultimate frat boy ‘pickup’. And I’m sure the EV version is no better.
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