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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
What are you even talking about? You have model 3s? How does the industry "actually" work? Are you inferring the subsidies that Ford and GM got? Or the outdated dealer-model? I think Ford and GM had their a$$es handed to them in the 80s and 90s and early 2000s and they are only just realizing it now that information is so easy to come by. That's why they are finally able to make decent cars, vs. the "american car" being a joke compared to anything else across the world. And if they are looking forward to the future, it's going to happen again.
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The Industry actually has quality standards, however varied...and in reality, Tesla falls very far behind. This has been known for years, but Tesla owners are a very proud bunch and won't easily admit to it. Their manufacturing processes aren't what they should be to ensure quality.
http://www.thedrive.com/news/18218/a...kia-in-the-90s
A company that can't sustain itself, even one as small as Tesla, has no business playing in this field...especially considering such criticisms were lodged against the other US manufacturers in the early 2000s.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...531-story.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla...roblem-2017-11
https://seekingalpha.com/article/412...rally-bankrupt
https://www.greentechmedia.com/artic...ing#gs.ec2LjMQ
Finally, when you promise to build an EV for the masses...it better be for the masses, and attainable! Yet the "outdated" behemoth GM managed to beat them to the punch with a better product, after starting the process later...
http://www.businessinsider.com/chevy...model-3-2018-1
http://www.motortrend.com/news/chevr...r-of-the-year/
Are GM, and Ford pillars of perfection? Hell no...Ford's engineers are lacking, and GM's advertising is...well, vanilla; and they both almost found themselves in a pit too deep to dig out of. But....Musk is no genius businessman and Tesla is far from the successful model for a car company of the future...
He's an inventor and futurist...Tesla is a popular, but small car company in big trouble.