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1·1 year agoquestion. I read that Chinese EVs weren’t taken seriously by the public until about 2020, when Giga Shanghai came over. Apparently Tesla’s requirements raised the bar for Chinese EV parts suppliers and now all Chinese EV brands have access to world-class parts. Is that a big reason behind this as well?
Tesla. You can rely on superchargers more than other DCFC infrastructure until other EVs support superchargers.
You might not want the LFP battery because it’s not good in winter, but I think the long range doesn’t use LFP so you should be good for winter.
This could be a good strategy for Toyota and other legacy companies that missed the boat. One thing is partnering with another company to make the cars for you, but if at the same time your engineers and corporate are learning from the partner’s engineers, then you don’t have to develop from scratch, you jumpstart with their knowledge and can improve from there
I think the economy is changing for all cars. Unless things get better within the next five years, it will be like great depression era where vehicles and etc are designed to be as cheap as possible to appeal to the poor, since most people fall into poverty during bad times
yeah. At the end of the day I think Ford and GM will stick to big ticket EV SUVs and Trucks, since they are good at trucks and they can profit on them. They will surrender the affordable market to Tesla and to Chinese car companies, because they cant profit on affordable EVs for the foreseeable future
like other commenters said, regardless of current regulations, the market is heading that way, led by China and by Europe. By 2030 there will be affordable EVs (in the 20ks new, not counting dealer fees).
The only thing I think could prolong gas cars in the market is If a future president pulls a 180 and penalizes EV while subsidizing gas cars, but even then you can only resist market forces for so long.
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