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Re:Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value by John23832 on Monday April 03, 2017 @11:58AM (#14023832)
So if Ford/GM holds on to their huge marketshare with a successful switch to electric, that's a mark against them?

Hypothetically, it would cost Ford/GM much less to put a "SuperCharger" at every existing dealership than it would for Tesla's entire basic roll out.

Tesla has been successful at marketing thus far, not manufacturing.

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Re:Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value by palebluedot on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:33PM (#14024255)
No, that isn't what I said -- you are moving the goal post now from "a lot" of growth, to "holding on to their marketshare".

As matter of fact, that was my whole point: Rather than growing "a lot" they may end up just holding on to their marketshare. Whether that is a mark against them or not is for you to decide, when researching investments.

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Re:Tesla Passes Ford by Market Value by John23832 on Monday April 03, 2017 @12:40PM (#14024350)
> No, that isn't what I said -- you are moving the goal post now from "a lot" of growth, to "holding on to their marketshare".

Ok true, but Ford is way past "post-ipo". Growth is not the metric to measure them by (they will grow, but no where near as much as Tesla). That's pretty much agreed upon by market analysts.

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