The BYD seagull has all this from what I understand?
[1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izvdO-zdlKg
>I think it will be a good thing because then perhaps are home grown car manufacturers will see the writing and start offering affordable to the masses cars.
With Tesla supposedly canceling Model 2, it seems like the incumbents cannot possibly offer this car at this price because of their cost structure (overhead due to unions, expensive real estate, regulations etc.)
I'm sure those are factors, but I wonder, what about having to provide private health insurance to employees? My employer says our costs went up 9% this year. I also wonder how much owners and executives are paid in Chinese car makers vs US. The leader and largest shareholder of Tesla is the richest man in the world (or perhaps was; I'm not sure of the current ranking). I don't know the name of any Chinese automotive leaders (though it's certainly possible that that's just my bias as an American). But I wonder how much of the cost structure is going to shareholders?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/business/tesla-elon-musk-...
50 billion dollars of money that won't be invested in the company.
Yeah, "unions, real estate, regulation", that's what stopping them.
A touch screen plus software _is_ the cheap bare bones option, over having lots of physical dials and switches - The touch screen is commodity tablet hardware.
Even though physical switches have much better usability, which means safety. Source: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-ba...