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Information_High t1_jajyrqk wrote

Reply to comment by DavidLedeux in German scientists show a commercially feasible method for cyanobacteria to extract 17 rare earth elements from low-concentration sources. Currently, most of the world's supply of these elements is mined in China. by lughnasadh

Tesla is not the only EV manufacturer anymore.

Other manufacturers are coming online, and unless Tesla gets its quality and quantity issues straightened out, they're going to be Netflix in five years... the early market-maker that had its lunch eaten by the competition.

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DavidLedeux t1_jak1xf4 wrote

Right now they're all like Paramount+: no one has them, no one gives a shit. There's going to come a day where they're going to have to do some kind of cash for clunkers type buyback program or something. But again, going back to my original point, US auto emissions are a drop in the bucket compared to the waste that corporations in China and elsewhere get away with dumping.

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Information_High t1_jal7gic wrote

> no one has them, no one gives a shit.

Objectively untrue.

Ford's F-150 Lightning has received rave reviews, and Ford has been ramping up their production efforts in recent months.

Tesla's ridiculous Cybertruck is DOA at this point, and while their other models are still mostly ahead of the competition, only a lunatic would assume that's going to last for too much longer.

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