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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by artursapek on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:29PM (#13979274)
> ...that Tesla market share will not be eaten up by other carmakers when they seriously start releasing electric vehicles

Tesla has been around long enough that it can no longer be replaced by a large company that just throws a ton of money and talent at it. They're too far ahead. There's no substitute for the raw amount of time Tesla has spent developing its product.

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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by SEJeff on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:32PM (#13979298)
Which is often summed up (I'm paraphrasing) from The Mythical Man Month, "No matter how hard you try, nine women can't make a baby in a single month".
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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by artursapek on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:33PM (#13979305)
Exactly! I love this saying.
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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by srtjstjsj on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:55AM (#13983526)
ahead of who? There are several low-end electric cars already on the market (Chevy, Nissan, BMW), and one high-end (Tesla). They are meeting in the middle
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