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Tesla and BYD are the only high-volume EV makers globally
“It's only two companies that are selling their cars in the high hundreds of thousands and millions. It's Tesla, we already said, and China's BYD.”
Steve LeVine May 15, 2024 ▶ 25:25 Tesla’s extremely hardcore pivot
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Hamilton: Big Three auto CEOs earn $21M–$29M, 300x their workers
“The CEOs of these three companies make between 21 and twenty-nine million dollars a year in their salary. That is 300 times more than their employees.”
Katherine Hamilton Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 6:13 Why electric cars are driving the auto strikes
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Lacey: Tesla, GM, Lyft, Uber, and Waymo promised robotaxis by 2020
“Tesla, General Motors, Lyft, Uber, Google's Waymo, they were all promising large fleets of robo-taxis with fully autonomous vehicles by the turn of the decade.”
Stephen Lacey Jan 25, 2023 ▶ 1:11 The autonomous car bubble has popped
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Coppola: LG and GM faced a $1.9B Chevy Bolt recall in 2021
“LG has been doing this for a very long time. They're one of the most established battery makers in the world. They had to do a 1.9 billion dollar recall on the Chevy Bolt with GM in 2021.”
Gabrielle Coppola Jun 14, 2023 ▶ 14:10 The fall of a battery maker still haunts America
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Lacey: Tesla's 2021 valuation exceeded Toyota, VW, Ford, and GM combined
“And today, as a public company, it has a valuation higher than Toyota, Volkswagen, Ford, and General Motors combined.”
Stephen Lacey Dec 22, 2021 ▶ 13:11 Elon Musk is person of the year. What's his Tesla legacy?
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