I remember them pitching it as a Model 3 competitor. They were too EV naive to understand all the reasons that it didn’t really compete. DCFC was literally optional (why would people want to road trip EVs?).

It didn’t help that most people that I showed it to thought it was ugly. I never minded the appearance, but it wasn’t a selling point.

Yeah, they don’t give away those free oil changes with new cars for nothing. The local dealer would try to sell alignments on the first visit, and they always had at least $40 in “needed” maintenance to add on.

If the Chinese automakers start having success, we’ll just tarriff them and keep burning expensive gas. Problem solved!

Given the surveys, they seem to be finding some success with this, tbh.

> Since everyone had to wait so long, and since no one would want to go through that again, it was understandable that people would want to go to 100.

This is the worst thing about lines, tbh. It is natural human behavior to sense relief and try to do everything possible to minimize the possibility of it happening again.

But the lines happen in part because of this behavior. It quickly becomes a self-reinforcing problem.

It is amazing how much energy older auto companies have spent misleading people about alternative fuel vehicles.

TBH, this whole idea that MSRP movements kill resale is absurd. If they hadn’t, instead the articles would be about the nosediving sales new sales and collapse of resale values.

As it is, not only have new car sales remained competitive, but for many of us, who didn’t buy while prices were going up wildly beyond any reasonable value, the new prices are basically what we paid anyway.

And lets be honest, these companies weren’t out there complaining when their competitors were pricing Model Y like it was a Porsche Macan.

Not a bad idea, but it sounds like these are supply chain subsidies. It is critical to maintain domestic sourcing for critical supplies.

Two good reasons:

1. The cars are expensive and not everyone can afford the models currently available. Government can’t really change this
2. Every mandate to buy more of something is instantly opposed, regardless of how rational it might be. This is feeding a _lot_ of irrational EV opposition already.

Better to use the carrot and balance subsidies relative to subsidies in other industries. Get EVs closer to a level playing field and things will shift naturally.

There’s a lot of amiguity about around this and people have been cited:

https://twitter.com/brandenflasch/status/1682051749954084867

As you can see, though, generally the rules are on the side of using them last.

Kind of funny how it underemphasized the other two big Tesla advantages… capacity and maintenance.

The thing is, Fisker is basically just the brand and design. Manufacturing is outsourced, and AFAIK service might be as well?

The upside is that they seem to be a lot less capital intensive. They don’t have a huge cash pile, but it won’t take much fundraising to maintain their runway until logistics improves.