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Tesla produces its millionth car

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Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#11
https://www.statista.com/statistics/267272/worldwide-vehicle...

Toyota makes ~9 million cars every year.

Tesla just made its millionth car ever.

Toyota market cap 201B.

Tesla market cap 112B (was ~170B at peak).

The stock market still has very far to fall before it comes back to reality again.

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#13

Tesla should now focus on a mass market electric vehicle to take the climate crisis- something like a closed two-wheeler with broad tyres. Good for traffic and temperature controlled too. Chinese people would buy it in droves.

Two-wheeled Chinese vehicles is a market that's already cornered by cost-effective incumbent Chinese manufacturers. What exactly would this American luxury brand have in that market?

The question sounded like a challenge, so how about Autopilot? Even for two wheelers. I think going forward the autonomous driving will be even stronger differentiator.

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#15

https://www.statista.com/statistics/267272/worldwide-vehicle... Toyota makes ~9 million cars every year. Tesla just made its millionth car ever. Toyota market cap 201B. Tesla market cap 112B (was ~170B at peak). The stock market still has very far to fall before it comes back to reality again.

1,000,000th electric car

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#16
The funny thing is that the corona virus will do more to reduce pollution than tesla cars ever will. Currently, they just sell luxury vehicles that are much heavier than existing cars (where did all that mass come from?), require hours to refill, and have poor range. The one trick they have is that they can accelerate fast, once. What progressives never mention is that the number one cause of pollution is population size.

Elon Musk is another one of those progressive tech people that the rest of society has stopped caring about because they realized that we weren't progressing to anywhere good, and that technology doesn't solve anything. None of them are leaders to anyone other than a small group of naive 20 somethings.

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#17

Will Covid-19 affect its production rate going forward? It is intriguing to see what these companies do to deal with disrupted supply chains!

The Shanghai municipal government took special care of GF3. They resumed production one month ago on 10th Feb.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/2020-02/10/c_1125555728.htm

However I do think the supply chain will need more time to recover.

And consumer market wise it's quite uncertain. People are locked in doors with limited travelling needs, and oil prices are historically low.

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#18

Tesla should now focus on a mass market electric vehicle to take the climate crisis- something like a closed two-wheeler with broad tyres. Good for traffic and temperature controlled too. Chinese people would buy it in droves.

I think the Citroen Ami is what you are looking for (Assuming western bias)

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#19

https://www.statista.com/statistics/267272/worldwide-vehicle... Toyota makes ~9 million cars every year. Tesla just made its millionth car ever. Toyota market cap 201B. Tesla market cap 112B (was ~170B at peak). The stock market still has very far to fall before it comes back to reality again.

It's being on a mature market vs being on a new, not yet well-developed market. The second has a much larger growth potential. That is, while Toyota is great, it's unlikely that your investment in it will return tenfold. With Tesla, the chances are much higher.

Also, Toyota started making cars in 1933 (licensed GM models), Tesla, in 2012 (an all-new class of cars).

Re: Tesla produces its millionth car

#20
critically speaking, we are still WAY WAY short of their promise. Yeah, downvote or whatever, truth is truth.

Also... please don't come at me with what they accomplished, it's well documented. Simply assess them on the promise on where we'd be today according to them. Not even close.

And this charlatan had words for Bill Gates... hahahhaha

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