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Re:Tesla sends untrained employees to work on cars as servic... by synthc on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:04PM (#31783536)
I think they would. Toyota already had very good hybrid cars for years, so plenty of experiences with batteries. Tesla made electric cars sexy, but I was always just a matter of time before electric would go mainstream.
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Re:Tesla sends untrained employees to work on cars as servic... by stevenjgarner on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:39PM (#31786596)
I think the existing investment in tooling, plant and equipment that these companies have accumulated makes it hard to economically justify starting from scratch with new tooling, plant and equipment on a product line that has no competition. Tesla provided that competition, and justified such investment.
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