Reply to: Sweden's answer to Tesla

[Mordac]

Don't all Swedish cars have to have their lights on at all times? That'll drain the batteries. Top tip, if you have to buy an electric car, don't buy Swedish.

[darmstadt]

No point in having one now: Volvo to impose 112mph speed limit on all new cars from 2020 | Business | The Guardian

[NigelJK]

scooterscot
They are Indian.

Oddly that is why I put 'Designed here' as that is where the money is.

BTW they are currently produced in Austria.

[vetran]

I am wrong as usual

FTFY

[minestrone]

Volvo have the right idea using a subscription based model to market. Makes it far more likely the average joe will give it a go instead of asking $100k upfront on untested technology.

I think you are confusing a rehashing of a PCP car finance product for a Swedish/Chinese/Indian, whatever, car with an innovative engineering product made by an American company.

[scooterscot]

The challenge Tesla are having is actually producing enough of them and keeping the quality up. So it's fine producing something like this in tiny numbers but actually becoming a serious player is a different matter.

Volvo have the right idea using a subscription based model to market. Makes it far more likely the average joe will give it a go instead of asking $100k upfront on untested technology.

[minestrone]

Doesn't help their founder is clearly banging half a pound of blue cheese every night.

[woohoo]

The challenge Tesla are having is actually producing enough of them and keeping the quality up. So it's fine producing something like this in tiny numbers but actually becoming a serious player is a different matter.

[DimPrawn]

So basically, China, India and USA can make cool electric cars. Who knew!

[redgiant]

They are Chinese.

They are Indian.

Volvo Cars (inc. Polestar) is owned by Geely Group (Chinese Automotive Group).

Geely - Wikipedia

[scooterscot]

They are Indian.

[NigelJK]

Designed here

[minestrone]

If small Sweden can do this why can't the UK??? - Perhaps it's something to do with all those Media studies graduates.

They are Chinese.

[scooterscot]

nah, he's buggered off to Singapore.

[GreenMirror]

I thought Dyson were doing this?