Tesla Claims It Is Winning The EV Race Because It's Cars Have A Soul

Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks it took a while for the auto industry to believe Tesla was the real deal and now they are paying the price for it.

In a new interview, Musk explains why the auto industry hasn’t caught up with Tesla yet.

Motortrend jokingly made the 2013 Model S the car of year to highlight that other automakers still haven’t caught up to the capabilities of the electric vehicle from 6 years ago.

Tesla has significantly improved its flagship sedan over those years – most recently earlier this year with a motor and suspension upgrade – but there’s an argument that can be made for even older versions of the Model S beating the competition.

malba2367 - 7/17/2019 10:22:42 AM

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They are the only ones to date that have appealing EVs without significant compromises. The floodgates are opening so Elon should focus on streamlining his industrial operations instead of running his mouth.

LexSucks - 7/17/2019 5:10:18 PM

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Nissan Leaf is a compromise because skateboards are faster.

MDarringer - 7/17/2019 6:33:11 PM

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The Leaf has far better quality.

SanJoseDriver - 7/21/2019 3:29:39 PM

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Range, performance, OTA, dual-trunks, Autopilot, coolness-factor... those are the current compromises.

MDarringer - 7/17/2019 11:47:08 AM

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And here I thought Teslas were full of bullshit.

cidflekken - 7/17/2019 12:18:45 PM

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I'm sure Fred Lambert would not appreciate that you essentially quoted his article for your AutoSpies lead-in, but added "jokingly" to your third paragraph.

vdiv - 7/17/2019 12:36:16 PM

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Trying to say something positive here... not quite making it though :)

countguy - 7/17/2019 12:57:25 PM

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About as much soul as a white bread and mayonnaise sandwich.

TomM - 7/17/2019 2:54:39 PM

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1 - The highest selling EV of all time is still the Nissan Leaf
2 - There is NO race yet - come back in three years - when ALL of the manufacturers will have models available. (And note - that they still can offer tax incentives that will have run out for that other company

supermoto - 7/18/2019 12:43:02 PM

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And the Tesla golf cart soul will become more valuable over time. In fact, each Tesla will be worth $1 million in five years from now. Maybe more. LOL. A future software upgrade will also allow the car to travel to space and underwater.