Tesla exploded the electric car market, becoming the clear leader in the industry with the mass-market Tesla Model 3, and eventually even having the #1 best selling model of any kind in the world with the Tesla Model Y. Recently, though, BYD sales have climbed much faster, and Tesla sales have actually declined. Perhaps it’s just a bump in the road for Tesla, but this is definitely the year of BYD. There are several other Chinese EV startups rising fast as well — from NIO to Xpeng to Zeekr. Does that mean the US is just going to be left in the dust? Maybe, but we’ve got some cavalry on the way. In particular, watch out for the rise of Rivian.
In the latest CleanTechnica Talk podcast, CleanTechnica’s Scott Cooney and Rob Simon discuss the great potential of Rivian, the quality of Rivian vehicles, the company’s coming mass-market (read: cheaper) models, and the opening Tesla is leaving for another young EV startup to climb that always daunting mass-adoption scaling graph. Enjoy the discussion!
From what i understand, the leadership has a stance against it, but i don’t think they’re talking about the same thing we are.
There’s Carplay and AA, where you just get app integration from your phone, but then there’s plans to make that the entire dashboard, speedo and other driver data included. I suspect they’re talking about the latter, despite it not really being a thing yet.
Nonetheless, i agree with the original comment. I can survive without Carplay in my 2004, buy buying a car without it today is a hard no, unless the car is exceptional otherwise