I stand corrected. Yes, reading is fundamental.

You’re on the right track. This is an area where the common interests of dealers and OEMs diverge.

Right, so- unless I’m grossly misunderstanding your argument here -isn’t this exactly why we know this is nothing more than anti-competition bullshit coming from the dealers?

They know DAMN well their relationship with the OEMs is symbiotic and practically carved in stone- they fight Direct Sale not because it would…

I’m forced to assume you’ve typo’d pretty bad here, because the truth is the opposite. In reality, Direct Sale would serve MORE people than the dealership model, because Direct Sale doesn’t rely on there being a dealer nearby. They can afford to serve everyone because they don’t have to have a brick-and-mortar nearby…

I can’t get past the name Stellantis. It sounds like Stellar and Praying Mantis. What a stupid name.

“There just isn’t a whole lot of appetite for legacy OEMs to sell direct or directly operate dealerships”

You do realize that the amount you are haggling over is the difference between what the manufacturer charges the dealer for the car and wha the dealer charges you? That dealer is getting paid to be a middleman. And you think haggling with a middleman about his share is a benefit?

Jesus man, stop talking.  The world has moved on, even if you haven’t. 

I’m laughing way harder than I should at this. He didn’t say that it has to have cheap maintenance! lol

Mercedes: The $30k-$35k target was to buy the vehicle, not the annual maintenance bill.

Good points.

Do you honestly think that any viable business built on engineering IP would let their actual bread and butter into the hands of anyone other than employees and institutional investors?
As an engineer of a tech startup that’s been in the news- people in the general public who think they know everything about the…

I agree, I was being polite. This is basically what happened to Nikola- very few people actually read the Hindenburg report, they just read the sensationalized news around it and it made that WAY worse for Nikola than it needed to be and played perfectly into Hindenburg’s hand, helping them make shittons of money.

That is not merely disingenuous, it is a MAJOR omission as it is in their vested interest for the company to fail, or at least for the stock price to fall.

This all seems like legit research, but I strikes me as disingenuous to not once mention that Hindenburg is a SHORT SELLING firm- they release this research specifically to profit off of the resulting stock collapse. As such, it’s always good to take it with a grain of salt.

That being said, the commonality with Nikola…

Niche vehicles like Roadster and Semi just apparently aren’t a priority in their current business model, and they don’t have the batteries to spare

Its funny how just mentioning Tesla gets people upset on both sides.

I mean, you could also ride a bicycle.

Wow, can you read?

It is hilarious that you’re commenting this on something I wrote.