No reason to speculate. Elon spelled his goal out years ago and it has nothing to do with competition. https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my opinion, I think Musk is moving the company's long term direction to > the business of providing solar power systems. That makes sense: once the big > automakers start making EVs en masse, Tesla will just be another player. But > in solar energy systems, they can remain a leader much longer. > > https://www.buzzfeed.com/priya/elon-musk-wants-to-power-every-home-with-a-solar-roof?utm_term=.wf2eydX7n#.jcGJyB4X1 > > ... > “The goal is to have solar roofs that look better” with an “installed cost > that is less than the cost of a normal roof plus the cost of electricity,” > the Tesla Motors CEO said. > ... > For Tesla, acquiring SolarCity would help the company move toward an > ecosystem play: People who want to buy electric vehicles are more likely to > have interest in sustainable energy at home, too. The solar roofs, made of > quartz, would have a “quasi-infinite” shelf life, according to Musk. “Really, > it’s never going to wear out,” he said. > ... > “This is the integrated future. You’ve got an electric car, a Powerwall, and > a solar roof. It needs to be beautiful, powerful, and seamlessly integrated,” > Musk said. “If all those things are true, why would you go any other > direction?” > > Peri > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161029/2ddb178e/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161029/78a0c9b0/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
