Good, but a lot of models have yet to hit production and here in Germany the only fancy electric cars you can see are Teslas...
Also, I don't think Tesla's advantage is batteries as somebody here is commenting - it's software and data. Tesla is probably the best in class when it comes to software between automakers. German automakers don't make good software and I'd argue don't take it seriously enough even (just look at status and salary of programmers in Germany vs US). Tesla is collecting data on each of their cars, German automakers don't do that yet.
Driveless cars are going to be about software and data and German automakers are weak in both categories.
The only competitive advantage I see is production scale, but how long will this last?
Also, I don't think Tesla's advantage is batteries as somebody here is commenting - it's software and data. Tesla is probably the best in class when it comes to software between automakers. German automakers don't make good software and I'd argue don't take it seriously enough even (just look at status and salary of programmers in Germany vs US). Tesla is collecting data on each of their cars, German automakers don't do that yet.
Driveless cars are going to be about software and data and German automakers are weak in both categories.
The only competitive advantage I see is production scale, but how long will this last?