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Old 12-09-2020, 11:29 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by soundman98 View Post
I don’t expect first gen Teslas to survive long. When any new technology appears, normally the life on that is reduced (see BMWs). ABS had a short life years ago, same with several actuators on the vehicle. After learning and improving, it increased the life significantly.

BEV will have to go through this cycle. Different companies are taking different strategies, Toyota is being Toyota and reducing the number of changes for each iteration (that’s why they’re recognized as reliable). GM is taking a more aggressive approach.
Others seems to be in trouble, like FCA (Stellantis may be their salvation), Subaru (will it disappear?) and others

Besides that, business models are being challenged, a total lifecycle may be the way to go to maximize earnings. But ir may also hurt other metrics.

Let’s see
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