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Originally Posted by Fuzz
That's an opinion that they screwed up, I laid out reasons why they may have been waiting for the right opportunity. What are the odds that every auto manufacturer on the planet got caught with their pants down? I'm not trying to be argumentative, it's just how I see it. We will just have to wait and see how it plays out.
It's not like Tesla is raking money in hand over fist, Elon acknowledged it is really really hard, and only recently have they had any profit at all. Why would someone like GM or Ford or VW dive into an unprofitable segment 5 years early, when they can wait for the right timing to do it?
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Subsidies will only take Tesla so far until they will have to stand on their own two legs and go toe to toe with more polished EV's from legacy manufacturers. Legacy manufacturers will catch up but only when it's profitable and once that happens there really won't be any compelling reason to purchase a Tesla unless you are a fanboy.