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> It's possible that Tesla will become the next Toyota, but unlikely

Keep in mind how broad Tesla's vehicle goals are.

- World's fastest hypercar (by a VERY long margin) (new Roadster)

- Heavy duty transport trucks (Semi)

- luxury sedans (Model S)

- affordable smaller sedans (Model 3)

- luxury SUVs (Model X)

- affordable smaller SUVs (Model Y)

- possible pickup truck

If they do well on most of those, I think they really do have the chance to become the next Toyota, maybe even bigger.



Which is still less than Volkswagen builds, just to put it in scope:

- World's fastest hypercar (by a VERY long margin) (Bugatti Veyron)

- Heavy duty transport trucks (MAN/Scania)

- luxury sedans (Audi/Porsche)

- affordable smaller sedans (Golf/Passat/Skoda/Seat...)

- luxury SUVs (Porsche Cayenne/Audi Q7)

- affordable smaller SUVs (T-Roc/Skoda/Seat)

- possible pickup truck (Amarok)


Good point, I had forgotten VW owned so much.




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