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Is Tesla not far ahead of the competitors? Im currently sitting at one of the Tesla Superchargers in Phoenix. It’s full of cars. There is a CHAdeMO charger a
by blhack 5y ago
Is Tesla not far ahead of the competitors?
Im currently sitting at one of the Tesla Superchargers in Phoenix. It’s full of cars. There is a CHAdeMO charger across the lot and I’ve never seen somebody use it.
Have any of Tesla’s competitors (other than the Ford ~~model t~~ mustang) even shipped yet?
“Nikola” appears to have been a blatant scam. Rivian hasn’t shipped. Lucid hasn’t shipped.
Meanwhile Tesla has a month long waitlist (at least), a retail store network, charger network, service network, and is on the 4th generation of actual shipped products.
That’s sounds exactly like spacex to me. The competitors (if you could even call them that yet) are trying their best to copy SpaceX but so far even Jeff Bezos seemingly infinite wealth hasn’t been able to do it.
- graeme 5y agoRegular manufacturers have lots of full electric cars. As you say, SpaceX basically has no competitors. I’m not saying Tesla isn’t ahead. I’m saying SpaceX is comparatively much more ahead. Tesla at least has competition.
- ac29 5y ago> Have any of Tesla’s competitors (other than the Ford ~~model t~~ mustang) even shipped yet? VW's brands (VW/Audi/Porsche) are shipping and leading the market in Europe. Deliveries in the US are ramping up as well.
- dgudkov 5y ago>Is Tesla not far ahead of the competitors? Depends on region. "Renault's Zoe was the best-selling electric car in Europe in 2020, beating the Tesla Model 3 to second place." [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/972845/electric-vehicles-leading-models-europe/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/972845/electric-vehicles...
- dagw 5y agoAlso depends on how/what you are measuring. The Zoe is almost $25k cheaper than the base model standard range Model 3 (at least here in Sweden), which explains why it sells so well. I don't think anyone would claim it is a better car than the Tesla, or ahead technically in any way, and you could argue that they aren't in really competing since one is so much smaller and cheaper than the other. But yea, in Europe a lot of manufacturers sells decent fully electric cars.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoDoesn't Phoenix have Waymo full self driving taxis that literally anyone can take upon landing at the airport? Tesla might be (way) ahead of auto-manufacturers when it comes to churning out individually-owned electric cars and providing a great experience for their customers, but I don't think Tesla is ahead at all when it comes to self-driving.
- blhack 5y agoNot from the airport AFAIK. There is an area in Tempe/Chandler where that is true, but not the airport.