Elon must have realized he's fucked ever since Biden got in office. Tesla went from an 80% EV marketshare under Donny to 70% this quarter and its before the rest of the companies really begin their roll out, Tesla is as popular as it is because of having a Netflix-esque first mover advantage. like Elon has said, most EVs of the era seemed like they were deliberately made to be uglier and harder to use compared to regular cars. Tesla looks like a lower luxury car. or a high end nissan, its not the car of weirdos like the EV car Uncle Eddie drove on Grounded for Life.
its only last year that companies have actually mass produced cars that don't look like the equivalent of an autistic person. the Volt/Bolt/Leaf look like they know a lot about sonic and were a massive hassle to use anywhere. Tesla really made sure it had a charging network and expanded to the point that it is only as difficult to drive around the US now as it would have been in an ICE car in the 1960s, they also have the equivalent mileage you'd expect from that era of cars, but with much less of a maintenance hassle.
TPTB would never actually let infrastructure handle the massive influx of EVs, brown outs for the non-millionaires.
But yes, if this was a Scorsese-esque film about the rise and fall. we'd be in the start of the fall era. the netflix comparison is extremely apt. Tesla and netflix weren't household names in the 2000s but anyone tech savy knew them and liked them, and then they really broke out in the 2010s to going from supplemental businesses to the kings of a new industry they pioneered. but the 2020s will destroy them both because the competition finally will overtake them.
Musk's antics have overshadowed his business for awhile but as Oliver said a few years back he was the only game in town for green industry, despite his social media persona when forced to go over the numbers he really can have graduate level discussions about the details that go into his products.
we all know its bullshit but Musk's stated mission statement of Tesla as proving that EV cars can work proved to have been accomplished. people forget but 18 years ago, people scoffed at the idea of electric cars as anything more than a failed gimmick, and 18 years from now they'll be the only type of car available.
Eventually it will be like this. Once the market is EV dominant for some time. Junkyards will do the initial sorting and classing of subassemblies destined for recycling. As far as pricing, EV’s seem to target the median competitor in the segment plus 3 years of fuel costs. That will change as the technology Matures.
But cars are now disposable no matter how much you wish that they were not. It’s been like this for 40 years for some manufacturers like GM and Chrysler.
But people still manage to keep some old 93 park avenue or 03 Altima running as depressing poverty junkers that probably just keep their owners poor from having to constantly repair them or lost wages from not being able to get to work. Been there, done that, lucky I got out from
Under that vicious cycle
The EV market is still very young.
Outside of Tesla and a very small handful of competitors that miss the mark, there are no viable EV’s in mass production that can really dent ICE sales. Only dorks and cheapskates buy Bolts and you’re retarded for buying a rivian etc that are barely out of prototype production.
you're a retard. the average ICE car age is about 18 years, its not only disposable but old enough to fuck. its basically a given now that the first 100k miles aren't even a problem, you can very easily get bumper to bumper warranties for the first 100k from most dealerships. the next 100k is a bit rougher but overall any car from the 2009 should very easily make it to 200k+ without shitting the bed.
and let's be honest the illegals will be driving ICE cars until the 2090s, no other law affects non-whites in this fucking country why would they give a fuck about them driving ice cars when they don't care about them not following any other driving laws?
2030 model years will very easily last for 30 years too. cars in the current model year can get 300k warranties bumper to bumper from places if you can find the dealers. but once you take out the recalls that you'd be forced to get for your car there isn't much keeping them from going the distance in the modern age.
