Carbon Credits; Cap and Trade. Manufacturers receive Carbon Credits for making these types of vehicles. Not so sure how many they need to produce, that, I do not know. But I do know, that is "In House Credit" they do not need to buy. Their bread and butter comes from their combustion engine vehicles.
Yes, performance is not a scam. I said before, electric motors are way better; not denying the fact. Anybody can build a car faster and way better than a Ferrari, why nobody have not done it yet? On top of that, sell it at half the price.
Tesla have not found a magic potion to make the vehicle affordable. Is not sustainable as a business.
Will be interesting to see if these types of vehicles are sold to make a profit, just like any business. They will be so expensive that not many people can afford them. The rest of the peasants will be ridding the "Electric Bus" drooling over one of these vehicles when passing by.
Interesting will be... the similar scenery of the early 1900s. When cars were toys for the wealthy.
Car manufacturers all around the world are also heavily subsidised by govt. Most wouldn't exist without govt support. The US govt has thrown HUGE money at their car industry and continues to do so to keep it going, the British govt does, as does the Japanese govt. Look what happened to the Australian car industry once the govt withdrew their funding...
Manufacturers have built cars faster than the Ferrari.... They can and they do.
However, many now seem to be getting on board on investing in electric power. Companies like Porsche and Maserati are smart enough, they would have done their research, wouldn't be investing in a technology that has no long term sustainability.
Keep in mind, the majority of Tesla's range are large, luxury cars with performance to match other $100,00+ petrol powered supercars. So of course costs are going to be high. They have only recently started looking at more basic, entry level commuters.
battery technology is getting better and cheaper and will continue to do so. On a smaller scale, look at the boom in battery powered power tools due to the massive drop in cost and technology advances. I've got an electric powered electric helicopter which used to be dominated by gas/nitro power. Electric has taken over, electric power has left it for dead both in cost and performance. It would have cost me near double what I paid for my heli if it was gas powered. As a result gas/nitro power is fast disappearing, only the die-hard IC engine fans are staying with it. Similar thing with R/C cars. Electric took over years ago. IC power just can't match the cost or performance.
Tesla has introduced this technology to the mainstream community. No other manufacturer has been able to get so many people interested in EV's. Up until now, EV's were just a joke, now Tesla has made them 'cool'. People will buy them now, once the cost comes down - which it will.
Tesla isn't just making cars. They've been involved in standalone battery systems for domestic household solar energy which is also taking off.
Like them or not, they have made EV's that can replace petrol power. They aren't just prototypes or funny looking gimmicks. So the cost at the moment has been heavily subsidised by the govt... The more companies involved in the continuing to develop battery and electric motor technology the more the costs are going to drop.
Most of us here want to keep our fossil fuel powered cars, but reality is the future of cars has to be powered by an alternative energy source. And whilst several other technologies have been trialed, there has been nothing as simple and practical as what Tesla has offered. And proof is in the pudding - other manufacturers are already switching to electric power. So like it or not, it's the future.....
