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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by ntsplnkv2 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @11:35PM (#17439183)
They currently build a luxury SUV, yes.

Tell me when they make one people can actually afford.

Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by toomuchtodo on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:11AM (#17439299)
As the price of oil continues to climb, EVs become more affordable than internal combustion vehicles. Seems like a poor time to drop your sedan production in favor of SUVs with oil prices climbing, considering Americans are already changing their behavior due to existing price momentum at the pump.
Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by ntsplnkv2 on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:17PM (#17442933)
As it continues to? Please look at oil prices over the last 20 years. You will see a lot of fluctuation.

> Seems like a poor time to drop your sedan production in favor of SUVs with oil prices climbing,

GM can do this. They can change production so quickly that when oil is cheap and people want SUVs (aka now) they can do that. And when it is not, they can change production back to sedans and EV. Much more flexibility.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/climate/suv-sales-global-...

Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by toomuchtodo on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:42PM (#17443181)
Please. GM has nowhere near the EV manufacturing capacity of Tesla. They also have a dealer network that is not interested in pushing EVs over internal combustion vehicles.
Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by ntsplnkv2 on Monday July 02, 2018 @05:16PM (#17445382)
And yet GM has an available EV car and Tesla does not.

And yet Tesla will not be able to deliver the cheap model 3 and GM has been doing it.

That's a substantial claim - without any evidence. No surprise though - it's easy to be pulled into the Musk hype.

Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by solarkraft on Friday July 06, 2018 @06:23PM (#17475568)
What? Tesla is pumping out electric cars in lots and are only expanding production with the Model 3.

The Bolt has been selling at between 1.5 and 1k per month while the production of the supply-limited model 3 is approaching 5k per week.

I guess I'm crazy and got pulled into the Musk hype.

> Tesla will not be able to deliver the cheap model 3 and GM has been doing it.

I'm guessing they will. Right now though, you have a point there, the model 3 is more expensive than the Bolt.

Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by solarkraft on Friday July 06, 2018 @06:17PM (#17475540)
In a few years.

An "SUV" is a luxury good anyway and many of them are absurdly priced (imagine what that'd get you in a real car!).