A Decade Later: Tesla is Officially a Threat to the Auto Industry

[Broke Wave]

Tesla makes luxury cars. They aren't putting a dent in the economy car market which is huge globally and the pick-up truck market which is huge in North America.

Yeah it seems totally out of the realm of possibility that they would make a different engine and put it in those cars, even though they have cracked the luxury market which is far more varied and fickle.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

I had a thread in another forum section where the new Tesla car Broke the crush machine. It could not crush the roof and broke itself, attempting to.

 

[The Real]

Tesla makes luxury cars. They aren't putting a dent in the economy car market which is huge globally and the pick-up truck market which is huge in North America.

... yet. Doing luxury first was the smart way to go. It's much, much easier to transition into commercial economy vehicles from there than vice versa. Success in luxury validates the concept much more thoroughly, too.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Yeah it seems totally out of the realm of possibility that they would make a different engine and put it in those cars, even though they have cracked the luxury market which is far more varied and fickle.

I dont see any way Tesla could scale back the bells and whistles in their interiors, push out a four door, and cut down on performance components.They have no experience

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

If anything convincing rich picky name brand performance whores to buy electric was the impressive feat. These car and driver type motherfukkers hate change, especially since the electric car is a definite departure in 'drivefeel'. Tesla will struggle with red state america and the truck market, but the people buying honda, kia, mazda, subaru, nissan, infiniti etc wont have any problems going with Tesla

 

[unit321]

... yet. Doing luxury first was the smart way to go. It's much, much easier to transition into commercial economy vehicles from there than vice versa. Success in luxury validates the concept much more thoroughly, too.

Ford Model T was successful in making economy cars using an assembly line process. There was no luxury car made in an assembly line process before it. Tesla could have made economy cars if they wanted to. It was Tesla's initial plan to create a luxury electric car to meet the luxury car market. It's a niche market. I doubt they are going to delve into the economy or truck market. That would be like Ferrari making $30,000 sports cars. It's not their thing.

 

[zerozero]

Ford Model T was successful in making economy cars using an assembly line process. There was no luxury car made in an assembly line process before it. Tesla could have made economy cars if they wanted to. It was Tesla's initial plan to create a luxury electric car to meet the luxury car market. It's a niche market. I doubt they are going to delve into the economy or truck market. That would be like Ferrari making $30,000 sports cars. It's not their thing.

Breh Tesla explicitly made the luxury car to produce the technology then take it downmarket as part of the strategy. They are already going into sedans and they will go further downrange still

 

[NZA]

features that start in luxury cars end up in every other car years later. tesla's strategy is sound and there is no stopping it.

as for battery life, make sure you drain the battery completely every few months and you should be good.

 

[The Real]

features that start in luxury cars end up in every other car years later. tesla's strategy is sound and there is no stopping it.

as for battery life, make sure you drain the battery completely every few months and you should be good.

Isn't this problem obsolete? I thought only older batteries needed this.

 

[NZA]

Isn't this problem obsolete? I thought only older batteries needed this.

you might be right. i dont know what kind of battery the tesla uses. after reading in the tesla forums, people who have pre-purchased the car dont seem worried about the memory effect, just heat and the number of charge/discharge cycles. im guessing the car's onboard computer should intelligently charge for you with an eye on battery health.

it seems the car is promising about 80% capacity after 100k miles.

 

[Scustin Trillberlake]

Dope cars but the Model S starts at $64,000. Young people wont be able to afford them.

 

[88m3]

Dope cars but the Model S starts at $64,000. Young people wont be able to afford them.

Why do you care? Aren't you always championing the free market.

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

... yet. Doing luxury first was the smart way to go. It's much, much easier to transition into commercial economy vehicles from there than vice versa. Success in luxury validates the concept much more thoroughly, too.

This. Actually makes more sense to start niche than anything. Granted, the timing was different, but most of us may remember/know what happened to this:

 

[Wild self]

LOL

I heard that back in the 90s, there was this engineer that made a gas tank that is 350 MPG. Too bad that the auto industry killed him off and destroyed that concept. Imagine filling up for gas once every 2 months

 

[Scustin Trillberlake]

Why do you care? Aren't you always championing the free market.

I don't really care, i was making a simple observation. Are you having a bad day, friend?