Whatever happens to Tesla the company, its impact on the world's vehicles is indelible.
Offer by Stellantis is 20k EUR (below 30k USD) and EU cars have higher security standards by regulation. https://www.motor1.com/news/691992/stellantis-low-cost-car-p...
VW is approaching comparable Tesla EV features now, after 10 years in denial and 7 playing catch-up (and while the hardware has improved greatly, the software has improved too but still can't compare to Tesla's). Stellantis is not really faring that well either.
The article opened with "Ford is comparing this to its Model T moment".
Then I read the second paragraph and I thought: "oh, Ford is having its Model T-esla moment". I still recall after >7y the Sandy Munro Tesla's teardown, who was amazed with how much more efficient the wiring, number of components etc were compared to regular industry (I believe this is an updated comparison slide of it: https://cdn.motor1.com/images/custom/comparing-tesla-ford-vw... ).
And the third paragraph delivered... It's an ex-Tesla guy driving this.
I share the hate for the guy in charge, but I agree with the parent comment.
Cars are a low margin hardware business that's also a highly regulated one where mistakes are expensive. Tough to crack.