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That's not true. Tesla is significantly disrupting the archaic dealership model. They sell their cars directly, over the internet, and from corporate-owned showrooms.
In that case, the Apple Store significantly disrupted the archaic music and retail software product sales model.
That's pretty disruptive if you're a music retailer.
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Because it's rather inefficient moving two tons of stuff for (often enough) 80 kg of payload. I'd rather take well-functioning public transport than force everyone to own a car just to be able to go grocery shopping. It's wasteful, not only regarding the resources involved, but also for your own bank account. (Also everything the parent of that comment said. Plenty of places are horrible to use without a car even whe…
But this assumes "well-functioning public transport". In reality, this does not exist. Many, even most buses where I live are empty most of the time. Energy efficiency issues aside, cars provide something even more valuable: isolation and privacy from the disgusting and invasive sensory overload that is public transport.
There's something that's been bothering me about this whole thing. Not the Tesla, but the rest of the market. Is that it? Is it that easy? A guy who made his money selling a phonebook and then an online payment processor can read a few books, hire a few people out of the same industry he's disrupting and build a goddamn amazing car (electric or not)? Why can't the existing industry do this? Why all the mediocre produ…
> Why can't the existing industry do this They are, but at a snail's pace. The Mercedes SLS Electric Drive came out a few months ago, I believe, and it's a work of engineering and art. But Ford isn't Mercedes, and they can't afford to switch up their assembly processes because then it would drive up the prices of the cars they sell, which defeats the point of Ford -- affordable, reliable transportation. Remove the af…
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That's not true. Tesla is significantly disrupting the archaic dealership model. They sell their cars directly, over the internet, and from corporate-owned showrooms.
In that case, the Apple Store significantly disrupted the archaic music and retail software product sales model.
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Alright someone cover me: I'm going in... Why on earth would you say that?
Because it's rather inefficient moving two tons of stuff for (often enough) 80 kg of payload. I'd rather take well-functioning public transport than force everyone to own a car just to be able to go grocery shopping. It's wasteful, not only regarding the resources involved, but also for your own bank account. (Also everything the parent of that comment said. Plenty of places are horrible to use without a car even whe…
There's something that's been bothering me about this whole thing. Not the Tesla, but the rest of the market. Is that it? Is it that easy? A guy who made his money selling a phonebook and then an online payment processor can read a few books, hire a few people out of the same industry he's disrupting and build a goddamn amazing car (electric or not)? Why can't the existing industry do this? Why all the mediocre produ…
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Sometimes I am embarrassed to be from North Carolina. sigh For the record, not all of North Carolina is so backwards.
Don't sweat it. It actually has less to do about NC's citizens and a lot more to do with how the auto industry has dug it's claws into the legislatures of every state in the union. Your state isn't the only one in this situation. FYI this is a good podcast explaining how we got to this point: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/02/12/171814201/episode-...
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But this assumes "well-functioning public transport". In reality, this does not exist. Many, even most buses where I live are empty most of the time. Energy efficiency issues aside, cars provide something even more valuable: isolation and privacy from the disgusting and invasive sensory overload that is public transport.
The car companies paid good money to make that happen http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_cons...
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He's still got an uphill battle on the dealer network thing. North Carolina being the latest problem: http://insideevs.com/hearing-on-tesla-selling-cars-in-north-...
Sometimes I am embarrassed to be from North Carolina. sigh For the record, not all of North Carolina is so backwards.
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I almost get hit by hybrids when not paying attention. Cars need to make noise like natural gas needs to have a scent added. Safety.
Natural gas is invisible. Guess what isn't?