When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive Elon Musk rushed to respond on X, his social-media network.
“Reuters is lying,” he posted, without elaborating. Tesla’s stock recovered some of its losses.
Six months later, Musk appears to have backed into an admission that Tesla dropped its plans for a human-driven $25,000 car. He said in an Oct. 23 earnings call that building the affordable EV would be "pointless” unless the car was fully autonomous.
What does this have to do with the discussion?
Initial poster claimed that companies don’t want to sell small cars because of greed.
I argued that domestic manufacturers can’t build cars as well as the popular Asian brands and even those brands stopped selling small cars here because of low sales.
Person replies to me claiming the real reason why we don’t have small cars is because of stock prices and a loophole in CAFE standards that allow “trucks” to get worse mileage and still be in compliance.
I reply stating that Honda and Toyota have to meet these same regulations and financial responsibilities yet they aren’t selling small cars either
You reply with some random comment about Toyota and Honda having to sell their cars in more markets therefore it’s easier for them to meet efficiency regulations.
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