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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
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I think that's it..45kWh.. was supposed to be $65k-ish? (iirc)
Anyway, To me, that cancellation/trend spoke volumes about their future sales. To stay alive they have to compete with Porsche and Mercedes. (not easy in the long run - especially when they (tesla) are not making huge profit on those big-$ (and subsidized) sales ...like Porsche and MBz do w/o huge tax incentives.)
Battery tech has never followed Moore's law (as so much other tech has). Batteries are simply really effn expensive, and I don't see that changing any time soon. :-/ And, if a disruptive battery tech does show up, VAG et al will be all over it. (not much advantage for a CA based old battery car company)
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Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
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