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The auto companies everywhere except Tesla are so far behind. Lived in Detroit most of my life. When discussed, the big 3's problems get brushed away irrationally. But it's worse t…

Even more scary for Detroit, once the American public figures out Tesla is actually more American made than the big 3 they will feel no guilt in buying Teslas instead. This is espe…

> Right, but the USA bailout of the auto companies seems to have been a good bet. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were saved, and the companies bounced back and paid off their debts,…

> The U.S. auto bailouts were undertaken in the middle of a deep recession, and are highly unlikely to be repeated. Except Chrysler was bailed out before and has now been merged/bo…

> It took well over 20 years... In the 80's people were still designing cars on paper on top of desks the size of a kitchen table. Imagine pulling out an eraser or creating a fresh…

> Apple could, if they wanted, start from scratch and it will take 10 years absolute minimum > but building an automotive company takes decades > Tesla is a 13 year old company. Li…

Because the auto companies are far, far behind on software and, now in comparison to Tesla, hardware. I was told by a GM employee in their tech center in Warren, they have COBOL ru…