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Old 05-23-2018, 11:20 AM   #344
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Originally Posted by clyde View Post
Doesn't this conversation head towards the other big question about Tesla and if they ever meant to be a manufacturer long term? Or just prove a technology and move to sell/license it?

The 3 has some major issues. The S has been solid. I don't know where the X falls in that range, but it's there. The places where they're failing are 1) related to product development of products that typically take several years to develop while standing on the shoulders of many, many years of institutional know-how and corporate infrastructure at the majors which Tesla simply does not have and 2) scale.

Their basic new trick is batteries, range, and charging at a workable price point. They've proved they figured that out. The house battery thing, dunno where that goes, but I've never been convinced that Tesla was really about making their own cars long term.
I had not considered that. I mean, sure, I knew about the house battery thing, and that seemed like a potential avenue to not rely on car manufacturing alone, but I never thought of them completely shifting away from making cars.
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