"The reason they have to cede to Tesla is because of battery supply."
Then they don't have a product.
There is no longer any such thing as a luxury vehicle with an ICE engine in it. I am not spending >100k on a nice new car with some high vibration, overly-complex[1], put-put-puttering 3 or 4 cylinder motor. I don't care how nice it looks or how fancy the software is.
[1] Fuel economy regs make it necessary to turbo and super charge ICE engines to get 300+ horsepower out of these little 4 and 6 cylinder engines. These are not simple devices...
Then they don't have a product.
There is no longer any such thing as a luxury vehicle with an ICE engine in it. I am not spending >100k on a nice new car with some high vibration, overly-complex[1], put-put-puttering 3 or 4 cylinder motor. I don't care how nice it looks or how fancy the software is.
[1] Fuel economy regs make it necessary to turbo and super charge ICE engines to get 300+ horsepower out of these little 4 and 6 cylinder engines. These are not simple devices...