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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by ansible on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:51PM (#13715962)
One factor to consider is that BMW is heavily invested in current fossil-fuel powered vehicles.

If there is a big shift overall to electric then the capital expenditures that BMW has already made aren't so valuable.

Yes, they (BMW) are indeed making money now. But have they invested in the right direction? I don't know. Allegedly the market does (as reflected in the relative stock prices)... but the market is often stupid. It is often smart too, but it can sometimes be hard to tell.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by princeb on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:06PM (#13716119)
> BMW is heavily invested in current fossil-fuel powered vehicles

isn't BMW behind the proposed european standard for electric vehicle charging?

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by ansible on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:25AM (#13723866)
The point I was trying to make though is that most of their infrastructure is currently dedicated to gasoline powered vehicles. That may, or may not turn out to have a good return on investment, and may be factored into their share price.
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