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Re:Ford Makes $29B Commitment to Electric and Self-Driving Cars by nickik on Sunday February 07, 2021 @12:18AM (#26052848)
This is a terrible argument. Of any car most people don't buy the base version. People wont buy the base version of an F-150 either.

And just because Tesla once didn't offer a car with the price they said doesn't mean its some inherent law of nature. Tesla now is a very different company compared to 2017 when they built their first mass manufactured car.

Fact is that Electric F-150 will not be able to compete with the Cybertruck on specs. Tesla will bring its now batteries and new packs and will reach range and performance that F-150 can't match.

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Re:Ford Makes $29B Commitment to Electric and Self-Driving Cars by alphabettsy on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:26PM (#26057424)
Look. I’m not the person who brought up the 35k Model 3. I was pointing out that the absolute base car and base trim is a silly metric.

They don’t have to compete with the base model. They can compete with the volume model. If they match it on specs and features it’s competitive.

Tesla marketing has a habit of being very ambitious so we’ll see if the range and performance are better in the real-world. They certainly have the technology and battery advantage.

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