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Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by toomuchtodo on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:55PM (#21446949)
My understanding is that it's because Pano doesn't like Tesla's management style of the relationship (Pano prefers a loose feedback loop and team autonomy, Tesla wants it tight with rapid iteration and constant feedback up the chain), and that Tesla is about to scale up their own cell manufacturing. Feel free to throw citations in if you have solid evidence it's a demand issue, because Tesla sales figures and their last earnings call don't indicate that (their Model 3 backlog actually increased while deliveries also increased).
Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by reitzensteinm on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:19PM (#21447193)
Parent said nothing about demand.
Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by toomuchtodo on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:23PM (#21447238)
> Pano is no longer making those batteries just for cars because TSLA can't meet the volume needs

Demand ^ Emphasis mine.

Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by reitzensteinm on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:28PM (#21447296)
No, a bottleneck in production other than batteries fits the bill just as well.
Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by toomuchtodo on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:29PM (#21447316)
My mistake if that was what was intended to be communicated. That was not my interpretation of the comment. Going to try to find if and what the bottleneck is if that is the issue.
Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by reitzensteinm on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:37PM (#21447393)
They discuss it in the Q2 call, I don't know about the most recent.
Re:Will Tesla and Google Kill the German Car? by notfromhere on Monday November 04, 2019 @07:19PM (#21448286)
YoY revenue decreased