No. You want a break, go to fucking McDonalds.
Quoted from MrBally: Let's go with Audi then. Tesla sells more cars than Audi now according to you. If Audi's are most traded for Teslas, than Audi might be in trouble. Audi is just fine.
All evidence to the contrary. Tesla just OUTSOLD their ENTIRE LINE OF PASSENGER CARS man. Tesla is eating Audi's breakfast, lunch and dinner now.
Audi's challenger to the Model X, the e-Tron is late. For YEARS they promised it in 2018 (because, you know, EVs are easy right):
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/audi-previews-2018-electric-car-with-e-tron-quattro-concept/
Guess what, it isn't available. I'm excited to see what they come up with as they begin taking pre-orders in nine days (according to their website). However, their website says: "Concept vehicle represented. Not available for sale. Specifications may change." So they don't even have specs for a car that's supposed to be released this year? When was the last time you saw Audi do that? That's right, never.
Their electric RS7 was supposed to be out in 2018 too. It's delayed too. Maybe it comes out in 2019, but the company has been silent.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/new-audi-rs7-coming-in-late-2018-e-tron-version-with-700-hp-to-follow-120664.html
Is there media coverage of these failures at Audi like there was for Tesla being late with their cars? No. Even with Audi's CEO, you know, being ARRESTED in June:
https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/18/investing/audi-ceo-arrested-volkswagen-rupert-stadler/index.html
Audi has no charging infrastructure. They're hoping the fast CCS network will be there, but it isn't there. The country is blanketed with 24kw "fast" chargers that are pathetically slow. And when it gets here, it's going to be way more expensive than Tesla's supercharger network, because the third parties Audi is depending on (praying for) will have to charge more money to make a profit.
Also Audi's dealers won't want to sell EVs. This has been covered in depth.
Audi has no the capacity to manufacture batteries at volume. I doubt they will be able to make more than 1-2 thousand per month, if that. This is not going to slow or stop Tesla's growth, nor will it cement Audi's future in the new EV age.
They as a company don't seem to want to sell EVs, because for such a massive, profitable and skilled company as Audi, you'd think if they wanted to make a Tesla killer, they could, right? I mean, EV's are EASY, right?
So no, Audi is not just fine.
On this we agree. I speak German and have lots of friends in that very excellent country. I have deep respect for their engineering prowess, their commitment to reduce pollution and adopt renewables.
But one doesn't have to be stupid to be crushed by disruption. I hear there were a lot of smart people at Kodak, Polaroid, Blackberry, Nokia, and Sears too.
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