Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by prostoalex on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:44AM
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> I believe one of VW, Mercedes Benz and BMW will bankrupt in 5-10 years. None of them have taken EV serious yet
Notwithstanding the somewhat muddy relationship between car brands and their business entities (Wikipedia has a helpful reminder that Volkswagen Group owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda, Volkswagen marques; motorcycles under the Ducati brand; and commercial vehicles under the marques MAN, Scania, Neoplan and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles), in defense of VW, people are not currently choosing between a Volkswagen and a Model S/X.
You're right about BMW and Mercedes (with the caveat that their parent Daimler AG owns quite a few brands for various submarkets that are unlikely to stop selling all at the same time) competing in luxury space - Tesla vehicles with their (comparable) lack of maintenance and cost of fueling offers a very attractive deal to luxury sedan and luxury SUV submarkets. BMW, MB, Lexus, Inifiniti, Jaguar and Land Rover would be the main brands competing for that submarket.
Notwithstanding the somewhat muddy relationship between car brands and their business entities (Wikipedia has a helpful reminder that Volkswagen Group owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda, Volkswagen marques; motorcycles under the Ducati brand; and commercial vehicles under the marques MAN, Scania, Neoplan and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles), in defense of VW, people are not currently choosing between a Volkswagen and a Model S/X.
You're right about BMW and Mercedes (with the caveat that their parent Daimler AG owns quite a few brands for various submarkets that are unlikely to stop selling all at the same time) competing in luxury space - Tesla vehicles with their (comparable) lack of maintenance and cost of fueling offers a very attractive deal to luxury sedan and luxury SUV submarkets. BMW, MB, Lexus, Inifiniti, Jaguar and Land Rover would be the main brands competing for that submarket.