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Why Has the EV Market Stalled? (hbr.org)
6 points by jyunwai on April 2, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Does the price of a new technology reducing really freak out every single mouthpiece of modern capitalism or are they all just pretending?

> something is amiss. Last year, Tesla discounted its cars several times, eventually slashing prices on its volume-driving Model S by nearly 25%,

I don't remember such headlines every year as Apple releases new iPhones that sell previous year's capabilities for less money.

Some people, though apparently not a single business journalist, would think that for a new tech to become ubiquitous, it would indeed need to reduce in price to find a wider market adoption, like flat panel TVs, or laptops, or smartphones, or minicomputers, or mobile phones, or digital cameras, or internet access, or wireless headphones, or video casette recorders or whatever.


It's amazing isn't it? No tech in the history of tech has ever got cheaper as sales volumes increase. And this word 'stalled'?? How can a market be stalled when adoption of its products keeps reaching new heights each year? Junk reporting, and an even worse clickbait headline. Depressing!




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