RE: Tesla27 Sep 2020 11:48
Firstly, newbie here. Wanted to say thanks to everyone for their open and honest opinions on this board. I'm learning a lot.
As a car geek and someone in the energy and sustainability industry, I can't see Tesla getting involved with AM. Doesn't make sense for a American owned power house to buy a struggling UK company to bolster it's offering. Tesla have enough 'wow factor' as it is, especially with the Tesla Roadstar which got the whole industry excited. They just need to improve their quality, which isn't reason enough to buy AM. Remember, Tesla already have customers buying £100k+ cars on a daily basis. They already have their foot in the door with wealthy clients.
As mentioned in a previous post, I see Merc using AM (or the Lagonda name) as a test bed for premium EV tech to then trickle the lessons learnt to their other cheaper Merc models. Similar to Porsche/VW and Volvo/Polstar. Merc don't have models in their current lineup which command a premium for high quality EV's. They've only sold 250 (ish) EQC models in the UK since 2019.