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I think the point is that Tesla has the potential to grow its sales much faster than Toyota or VW. Tesla will probably never be a brand like VW or Toyota. If they succeed they are more likely to be like BMW. And to put this into perspective, they have sold as many cars as Rolls-Royce would in 100 years.*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Motor_Cars#Sales

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Good point, Tesla doesn't need to be the next Toyota to be successful. I still think they have a long way to go to even get into BMW range. 300000 cars takes BMW (including Brilliance) only 39 days.

100% agree what you said about sales, especially because of Tesla's own dealerships which let them avoid entrenched distribution channels.

Nice find about Rolls-Royce, by the way.

Cars sit idle 95% of the time, and 17.2 million new cars are sold every year.

If self driving comes sooner vs later, do we need 17 million new cars a year? Probably not.

the wealthy will likely want the creature comforts a personal vehicle affords.

You can't compare Rolls Royce, a very high end hand built car creator, to Tesla, who aspire to be a mass producer.

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