One stunned engineer from a major Japanese automaker examined the computer and declared, "We cannot do it."

There should be nothing stopping Toyota or VW from doing the same much earlier than 2025, considering their immense financial resources and vast talent pools. But technological hurdles are not the reason for the delay, according to the Japanese engineer who said "we cannot do it."

The real reason for holding off? Automakers worry that computers like Tesla's will render obsolete the parts supply chains they have cultivated over decades, the engineer said.

Such systems will drastically cut the number of electronic control units, or ECUs, in cars. For suppliers that depend on these components, and their employees, this is a matter of life and death.

So big automakers apparently feel obliged to continue using complicated webs of dozens of ECUs, while we only found a few in the Model 3. Put another way, the supply chains that have helped today's auto giants grow are now beginning to hamper their ability to innovate.

Umi schreef: ↑6 februari 2020, 06:55
Voor de duidelijkheid; ik bezit geen aandelen van Tesla. (wel Umicore & Livent in de EV space)

gpv1 schreef: ↑24 februari 2020, 12:28

Umi schreef: ↑6 februari 2020, 06:55
Voor de duidelijkheid; ik bezit geen aandelen van Tesla. (wel Umicore & Livent in de EV space)

Zit gij ook niet in AMG ?

BDE86 schreef: ↑1 mei 2020, 22:16 Bij 400dollar stap ik mogelijk wel eens in, heb ik ook eens een Tesla.

Nikki01 schreef: ↑1 mei 2020, 20:41 Benieuwd welke sanctie SEC Elon zal opleggen hiervoor.

Tesla ondertussen -10%.