Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 2 months agoU.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down16
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkU.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.www.nytimes.comZaelaa@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months ago Pickups and SUVs are also very profitable because they are sold at huge mark ups. Tesla had the highest profit margins in the industry.
minus-squareMajor_Tsiom@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoare you sure? I thought the margins weren’t very good for them because they were trying to keep prices down. maybe that’s only the model 3?
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoBecause tesla is mostly a software company posing as a car company in order collect data and beta testing.
Tesla had the highest profit margins in the industry.
are you sure? I thought the margins weren’t very good for them because they were trying to keep prices down. maybe that’s only the model 3?
Because tesla is mostly a software company posing as a car company in order collect data and beta testing.