Ford rethinks EV strategy, is working on a smaller, cheaper EV platform (opens in new tab)

(arstechnica.com)

23 pointsMatrixik2y ago3 comments

3 comments

Reading articles about big auto just makes it clearer how Tesla caught them with their pants down.

Low tier charging networks affects people's trust in your product (now they're shipping Tesla adapters)

Dealers create complex supply chains.

If consumers aren't coming from a previous electric, you probably need to help the onboarding (like Tesla did with free superchargingl

lukevp2y ago

You’re not wrong, but these early stumbles are going to pass and Tesla is gonna end up in a difficult position to compete. The quality of their cars is quite poor, and they’re very spartan as far as features. I’ve driven an S and a 3, as well as an F150 Lightning, and the F150 was by far my preference. It actually feels like a real car. It did end up being too expensive, but battery costs are dropping exponentially, and I’m expecting we’ll see Chinese EVs taking over the market in 5 years. BYD is manufacturing a shipping fleet and branching out of China, it’s only a matter of time until they’re here.

hijklmnopq2y ago

My EV6 came with 3 years of free charging (1000kwh/year) at Electrify America

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