as far as electric cars go , tesla is absolutely the best electric car on the mkt at its price point . I agree . My point isnt arguing that its that large companies already exist in the automobile mkt and can easily shift resources into that mkt . But they ' re not . They ' re half assing it . They ' re still running on the safe platform they ' ve always ran on . Other manufacturer ' s only even introduced EV ' s because Tesla exists . If Tesla didn ' t exist , you think for one damn second the Leaf , or Bolt would exist ? No . Right now tsla is focusing only on electric while the other car makers are doing electric more as an after thought . Precisely . Tesla will only ever do electric , because it ' s better as car as car standards go , and better for the environment . its very easy for others to enter tslas mkt and steal mkt share in the long term . Elon isn ' t afraid of that . That ' s why he made his patents public . Competition , TSLA is not even mature yet and yet it already is facing tons of competition in the area of its main and at this point only real product . Look at it from this perspective . Tesla is a leading competitor for EV ' s worth 3040 k , while Tesla ' s are valued at over 100 k usually . What does that say about Tesla ? Regarding power of suppliers , I cant tell you much here but tsla is pretty well vertically integrated and atleast has its own battery manufacturing going for it which is a huge plus . Actually Tesla makes nearly 90 % of the vehicle in house , only out sourcing when they absolutely need to . Customers have plenty of power to buy another vehicle and so can negotiate on price . I ' m not sure if you mean other brands or Tesla . There is no negotiation over Tesla vehicles , and there never will be . Elon musk is a genius for building a car company from nothing in the modern era . Its a tremendous achievement . What I am saying however is that everything isnt roses under the hood and TSLA while a great company faces some steep challenges as an investment . I agree , and yes . It is a hard battle . A battle Tesla will win . I wouldn ' t buy tsla for anything other than speculative purposes at this point . You should maybe consider buying a Tesla as they are the most advanced vehicles in the world . See Auto Pilot . PUwDMaQ 264 People expect alot out of a company that will really struggle to perform due to some fundamental industry factors that should really be taken account of . Of course . Tesla is under probably the biggest automotive spotlight , and probably under the must scrutiny as well . Yet month after month , Tesla still delivers . I think we are mostly on the same page here . Just know that Tesla can and will succeed .