If that’s not a sin that things are going downhill, I’m not sure what is.

Also, that’s pretty awesome. Haha.

I’ve noticed a huge shift in the last couple of years. You will get downvoted in this sub for saying anything neutral or positive about Tesla even if it is factual. Economics and Economy have become subs where you get downvoted into oblivion for actually talking about economic principles, and anything that doesn’t go along with the “eat the rich” narrative.

Chevy loses money on each bolt.

For the other automakers, they are all priced right around the base model 3 price. They battery is most expensive part of the vehicle. Tesla’s estimated battery costs are about 20% lower due to vertical integration.

Tesla’s have been the number one selling car in each category they’ve entered, so it’s going to be a lot easier for Tesla to move downmarket, than for others to move upmarket.

According to JD Power, Tesla’s build quality is still above Volkswagen, Audi and Volvo.

Oh I know. I’ve been down this road before. The bias is insane.

They will likely not be more affordable. Tesla’s vertical integration makes it really difficult to win on price.

Oh you got me! Clever you and your title reading skills.

I did not gloss over that at all. They are planning this project and gasp, there’s also a pilot project to see how the home hear off of it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/green-hydrogen-project-aims-to-decarbonize-europes-industrial-north.html

Cespa and Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a renewable hydrogen corridor between Spain and the Netherlands.

This hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using renewable energy such as wind or solar.

Three things:

1. Europe has a systemic risk for energy dependence right now. They cannot bet their futures/economies on Russia. However, they don’t have many other options. Europe is not a particularly windy nor sunny place, so it’s not a very good place for renewables.

2. The Netherlands in particular is losing a huge natural gas field. The extraction of the gas has been causing sinking of homes and small earthquakes, so they need to shut this down.

3. Hydrogen generation through electrolysis is now cheaper than natural gas.

Every light in your house (if it’s LED) will have a chip.

Yeah or now they have absolutely no fear of joining NATO. For a lot of the countries, they feared backlash.

I don’t think there is a single country that is afraid of Russia anymore.