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Originally Posted by sheepboy
Are you serious? Why?
Tesla has manufactured and sold tens of thousands of Model 3s and has hundreds of thousands of reservation holders waiting to write them a check as fast as they can build their cars.
Meanwhile, BMW, who is completely lost in this game, decides to repurpose an ICE platform as opposed to actually build an electric car properly?
People like you seem to believe that Tesla will simply freeze Model 3 development so, by the time BMW builds their first i-whatever car, it will be competing with the current version of the Model 3! Which, by the way, is an incredible car.
If someone has to watch out, I would say it is BMW...
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You're 100% right. People also don't understand that Tesla is a software and electronics company.
They have achieved a lot of great things with their software. Their traction control is so much better than the rest of the automotive industry it is crazy. The feedback loop is much tighter, you can slam your foot to the floor in any Tesla and you get the maximum acceleration the surface allows, every time.
They write all their software in house and their development process is of a software company, not a rigid automotive company. The Germans outsource most core stuff to the likes of Bosch, and the Japanese OEMs are just terrible at it.
Trying to turn a platform for an ICE car into an EV is already a failure. The battery placement is absolutely critical. BMW fans like to complain about where Audi puts their engines. This is going to be even worse.