It could be a fictitious BS rumor based on nothing... On Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 17:53 Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> I suspect that the competition has recently heated up in the low end of > the EV market. It has evolved into the inevitable "race to the bottom." > I'm thinking that Elon has acknowledged the lack of profitability in > this market sector and has decided to gracefully bow out. > > There was a news article in February that BYD launched their Qin Plus EV > Honor Edition car for $15k USD. It looks to be a four (or perhaps five > very slim) passenger sedan. $15k for a reasonably nice, basic, EV. > > BYD has put a "shot across the bow" of Tesla with this vehicle. > > Bill D. > > > On 4/8/2024 12:29 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > > It could be simply that a low cost model isn't exciting enough for > > Musk. He likes being a disruptor, proving that he can do something > > where no one else has succeeded. If he follows through with a > > robotaxi, that would be huge. He would be upsetting the taxi and ride > > share markets and have them at his knees. I think he would thrive on > > that. > > > > Of course, all of that is predicated on full self driving. Who knows > > where that stands... > > > > Peri > > > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "EV List Lackey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > Cc: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net> > > Sent: 07-Apr-24 16:58:09 > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV? > > > >> Cleantechnica has an interesting take on this story. They point out > >> that, > >> if it's true, it's a deviation from Tesla's claimed "master plan" to > >> use the > >> profits from luxury vehicles to develop affordable mass-market EVs. > >> > >> Who knows, maybe Musk thinks he's done enough for us poor folks with the > >> M3/Y, and he can scratch that goal off the list. > >> > >> > https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/05/musk-no-tesla-model-2-for-you-maybe/ > >> > >> > >> "The Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson details in exquisite > >> detail how > >> a group of Tesla engineers lobbied Elon Musk for years to give up his > >> fixation on robotaxis and get on with the business of making a less > >> expensive mass market car. [...] > >> > >> "But according to a report by Reuters on April 5, 2024, Tesla has > >> canceled > >> the Model 2 and will resume its efforts to build robotaxis. So, here > >> we are > >> back at square one again. I should have written this as my April Fool´s > >> article, but no one would have believed it. It is too fanciful, too far > >> fetched to have any credibility, but it is true nonetheless according to > >> three company insiders and an internal memo seen by Reuters. > >> > >> The decision represents an abandonment of a long standing goal that Elon > >> Musk has articulated several times in his "secret" master plans - > >> building > >> affordable electric cars for the masses. His first "master plan" in 2006 > >> specifically called for manufacturing luxury models first, then using > >> the > >> profits to finance a 'low cost family car.' [...] > >> > >> "[Editor´s note: Since Steve wrote this, we have seen a tweet from > >> Elon Musk > >> that a Tesla robotaxi reveal will be on August 8th." > >> > >> ----- > >> > >> About that last paragraph: what Musk actually wrote on Twitter was > >> "Tesla > >> Robotaxi reveal on 8/8.". Why THAT date? "88" is a white supremacy > >> and Nazi > >> symbol. I hope the date is just a coincidence. Musk's trolling is > >> already > >> turning off potential Tesla customers. > >> > >> David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > >> > >> To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > >> offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > >> > >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >> > >> Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit > >> atrocities. > >> > >> -- Voltaire > >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields > >> HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > >> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240408/c6751e1d/attachment.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240407/b7bd3150/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
