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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by AtlasBarfed on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:26PM (#22349930)
My view of the economics is that most recently Tesla knows how to make a car. The battery pack is still more expensive than an ICE drivetrain, but that is a matter of time.

My view of that is based on the rapid construction of the China gigafactory, and the sooner-than-expected Model Y deliveries.

The only company with proper prioritization of EV development outside of Tesla is VW. GM would be next, but they still are going too slow and clearly don't have full C-level executive buyin

Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by threeseed on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:27PM (#22351487)
> The only company with proper prioritization of EV development outside of Tesla is VW

That is simply not true.

All of the manufacturers apart from say Toyota have made EV the number one priority for their companies. Mainly because of the impending EU regulations on emissions.

Porsche has the best EV car on the market. BMW sacked their CEO because of a lack of EV progress, Mercedes has most of their innovation going into the EQC series. There are stories everywhere on how the companies are rapidly shifting to EV.

Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by taygetea on Monday February 17, 2020 @08:01PM (#22352503)
I keep seeing people in these comments saying that the Taycan is better than the Model S, but I'm not sure what they're seeing. It has a razor-thin acceleration advantage and can manage that more than once on a charge, but it does that at the cost of being a very expensive and cramped sports car design. If you're optimizing for track performance, sure, but that's not a very common use case, as opposed to the usefulness of a longer range, more spacious, cheaper sedan.
Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by erikpukinskis on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @05:30AM (#22354922)
It’s just the one commenter repeating themselves, not “people”. And they are just making things up. The Taycan is not better reviewed than the Model S or the Model 3.