Musk says that "Reuters is lying (again)" over reports that the Model 2 is dead.
  • DingoBilly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    571·
    3 个月前

    So Tesla’s entire strategy Elon was working was just abandoned.

    Continues down the pathway that Tesla is just going to fade to irrelevance.

    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
      145·
      3 个月前

      Judging by the amount of their vehicles I’m seeing on the roads I’m suspecting they’re going to fade into irrelevance like iPhones have.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        112·
        3 个月前

        Its not a like for like comparison. People change car brands all the time, there is very little environment or peripherals to be tied to.

        • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 个月前

          in fairness they did get their charging cord to be made the standard for North America. Not sure what power that confers them but it has to be worth something.

      • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 个月前

        It happened to Blackberry, everyone had one of those until iPhone came out. IBM used to be the most common PC brand. Everyone used to drive minivans. Markets shift all the time.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    3 个月前

    Probably couldn’t figure out a way to make the ‘2’ serve as a ‘Z’ in a 1337, sophomoric sex pun, so… that’s the end of that project.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        42·
        3 个月前

        I know he sucks but after feeling the acceleration of a model 3 I can’t agree with that. I’ve never felt acceleration like that before, or since.

        • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          3 个月前

          That’s all it takes for you? Get a motorcycle, all the acceleration you could ever want, at a fraction of the cost. You can go so fast it will feel as if time is slowing.

          • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            3·
            3 个月前

            Oh I’m still never buying a Tesla. I’m just saying no cars even CLOSE to 50kUSD have that kind of acceleration, much less 25k.

            That said, no motorcycle. I like being alive.

  • Jimmycakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    133·
    3 个月前

    China gonna dominate that price bracket and lower no need to enter a market you cant compete in

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    101·
    3 个月前

    I just want an inexpensive commuter that gets ~150 miles per charge. I live in a cold climate and I work about 25 miles away, so I need at least 75 miles range on the coldest days. I also want it to be cheaply repairable, so the battery pack needs to be inexpensive to replace.

    Tesla isn’t offering that, their battery packs are too hard to service and too expensive. So I’m going to keep driving my hybrid until someone makes something to replace it.

    Those Chinese sodium-ion batteries look like the perfect solution. Inexpensive, enough range, and less fire risk. My company says they’ll be putting in chargers, so I might be willing to go down a bit on range. If Elon wants my business (he probably doesn’t), he needs to make a cheap commuter.

  • AlexisFR@jlai.luEnglish
    9·
    3 个月前

    Dammit, the idea of a Tesla Hatchback could have been good. But no, they had to make that cyberjoke first…

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    8·
    3 个月前

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Tesla has abandoned plans to develop an affordable electric Model 2, according to a report in Reuters.

    The news organization says it has reviewed company messages that say the affordable Model Y, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed would sell for $25,000 or less, has been axed.

    Then, this March, Musk told Tesla workers that the Model 2 would go into production at the company’s factory in Berlin.

    In light of this news, that statement certainly raises eyebrows—Reuters reports that one of its three unnamed sources told it that the decision to scrap the Model 2 was made in late February.

    Instead, Musk is allegedly “all in on robotaxi,” Tesla’s plan to create an autonomous driving system that could allow its cars to compete with Uber or Lyft without a driver in the equation.

    Earlier this week, Tesla posted its worst delivery results since 2020, with an 8.5 percent drop in deliveries year over year and yet another quarter of overproduction that has left the electric carmaker with nearly 150,000 vehicles produced but unsold.

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    139·
    3 个月前

    All those that claim this market belongs to China, Tesla already has production in China, and can use all the same benefits Chinese companies can. Including government subsidies.

    • Benaaasaaas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 个月前

      Outside companies almost never get the same benefits as local ones, that’s true even outside of china. Another thing is that china has national interests in chinese carmakers.

    • whereisk@lemmy.world
      English
      9·
      3 个月前

      So long as they keep the Chinese government happy. That’s a big lever China has on Musk.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        32·
        3 个月前

        China is probably just happy that Musk is Musk. Dude sows enough discord among the US populace without them even asking. Gift horse and all…

    • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 个月前

      Tesla needs to make a certain substantial profit margin, same problem as Apple’s car project. BYD will sell at a loss for years to monopolize like Amazon/Walmart etc.

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      BYD has a level of vertical integration far beyond anyone else in the industry.