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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by toomuchtodo on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:43PM (#18169549)
> Maybe they are planning to come back with pure electric vehicles sold only at dealerships they own under a different sub-brand? Sort of like Saturn.

They're betting their entire North American future on light trucks and SUVs.

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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by njarboe on Monday October 08, 2018 @02:03PM (#18169751)
That is what it looks like and what all the PR says. Definitely where their current profit margins are. I am just hoping that a company with such a long history of making great vehicles can make the transition to electric cars. This might be a possible pathway.
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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by Latteland on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:32AM (#18173559)
They tried but didn't get much market traction. They had the flex vehicles that could take different fuel mixtures, and they had a few hybrid cars, and eventually some battery cars but they were nothing compared to a tesla, and against leaf and volt never seem to get much market traction. The ford family person who lead the company tried a little bit but they could never seem to overcome the existing investment and exiting investment in designing ice cars.
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