OEMs were never “shamed” into bringing EVs into U.S.. Regulations, and the cost of NOT doing so did it.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jul 24, 2020, at 9:46 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > From: Peri Hartman >> I want a cheaper Tesla, too. But I think Willie is right. If Tesla had >> tried to make a cheap model sooner, they would have only sold a trickle. >> That's not a good way for a startup to survive. Selling into to the >> masses will be a low profit cut throat market. I think that time is >> coming for Tesla, but not here yet. Little room for mistakes, high >> volume required, and ICE functionality. >> >> The last raises eye brows, I know. But you aren't going to change the >> public attitude. > > I feel much the same way. Tesla had enough money that they *could* have > produced an inexpensive EV first; and maybe even sell a lot of them. But they > wouldn't have made money; and worse, they wouldn't have been able to attract > investors. Without investors, I doubt they could have run the company at a > loss for long enough to become profitable. > > And, though I'd like to see it happen faster, Tesla is slowly getting the > prices down and producing cheaper EVs. > > So, I wish them all the luck in the world. They deserve it; and more > importantly, it's likely the automakers wouldn't be offering EVs in the US if > Tesla hadn't shamed them into it! > > Lee Hart > > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
