Yup... Tesla is an EV company, that's all they do and they don't have to do more than break even to make their CEO happy. He has enough stock to tell everyone else to go suck eggs.
After the Model 3 there's little or no doubt anymore that they can scale up EVs and compete with the big boys. They are coming off a clean sheet of paper, and don't have billions tied up in gas cars, 100 year old plants, and unions.
I'll be interested to see what the Tesla 'pickup' will actually look like. That's due in a few days if I remember, and the F-150 is Fords #1 selling vehicle. I don't know how many people will buy a Tesla pickup, but every one that does won't be buying a Ford.
The thing that's sad is that Ford could have done a real EV version of the Mustang. They kept that as the last coupe anyways, just double down and make one that blows the doors off any Vette, Camaro or (God Forbid!) Challenger Hellcat out there. They could have had the first real Detroit Muscle in an EV, and instead they came out with a crappy looking mini-SUV that literally nobody was asking for and which every other carmaker with EV dreams is already making.
They could have made this...
But instead thought this would be better...
They deserve to go under and get run through the bankruptcy mill when this explodes in their face.
After the Model 3 there's little or no doubt anymore that they can scale up EVs and compete with the big boys. They are coming off a clean sheet of paper, and don't have billions tied up in gas cars, 100 year old plants, and unions.
I'll be interested to see what the Tesla 'pickup' will actually look like. That's due in a few days if I remember, and the F-150 is Fords #1 selling vehicle. I don't know how many people will buy a Tesla pickup, but every one that does won't be buying a Ford.
The thing that's sad is that Ford could have done a real EV version of the Mustang. They kept that as the last coupe anyways, just double down and make one that blows the doors off any Vette, Camaro or (God Forbid!) Challenger Hellcat out there. They could have had the first real Detroit Muscle in an EV, and instead they came out with a crappy looking mini-SUV that literally nobody was asking for and which every other carmaker with EV dreams is already making.
They could have made this...
But instead thought this would be better...
They deserve to go under and get run through the bankruptcy mill when this explodes in their face.