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[MrH]

Ok, this is elite troll work.

Tesla is by far the biggest subsidy hound in history.

[ChrisV]

All the more reason to wait if anyone was seriously considering one

Did you buy a computer or are you still waiting for the next fastest and more capable one to come out? You buy what meets your needs/wants when it comes out. No need to wait for the next big thing otherwise you'll always be waiting, because there will be another next big thing on the horizon after that.

[r0tor]

Did you buy a computer or are you still waiting for the next fastest and more capable one to come out? You buy what meets your needs/wants when it comes out. No need to wait for the next big thing otherwise you'll always be waiting, because there will be another next big thing on the horizon after that.

Well that depends if the computer was originally designed to be a computer and not a typewriter

[Morris Minor]

Well that depends if the computer was originally designed to be a computer and not a typewriter

The big vehicle manufacturers are locked deep in making ICE vehicles, a business that has not changed fundamentally for more than a century. They are being told to set all that aside:
customs
traditions
expertise
products
sales & service structure...

... and go into something completely new: computers, sensors, & data gathering devices on wheels. And selling these into a generation that does not care too much for the car culture of its parents.

I think it's legitimate to ask whether such a conservative industry can stand itself on its head and morph into something different. When I see Big Three execs standing in Washington DC linking arms with the unions, I wonder if they get it.
Some will do well, others will struggle. I think Ford gets it. I think the Koreans get it. I think China gets it. I worry about GM, the French & the Germans.