And they are cheaper and our prices keep going up so once they hit our shores sales will grow exponentially hurting our auto industry. Love a big double edged sword
Actual delay official and order of deliveries confirmed?
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I’m sure they went in prepared for all scenarios and have plans in place. I don’t think they decided on this big of a venture and didn’t prepare for legal hurdles and contingencies. I’m also pretty sure getting a $$$ deal on building there doesn’t allow a legal change as part of the deal-sounds a bit corrupt to me? Though it would have been a great way to negotiate it
Politicians are liars. Elon had a commitment from Texas to change their DTC laws before moving Tesla HQ and SpaceX to Texas. The politicians never delivered. Tesla literally has to ship cars that are made in Texas, out of Texas, then back into Texas for delivery to a Texas buyer. Yes, we are all shocked. Any promise from a politician is literally worthless. Yes, I realize that Tesla and SpaceX were given a a ton of financial incentives so the deal was still a good one.
I haven't been following this specific lawsuit closely. I am familiar with Tesla's problem but this is different since the complaint is not against state dealer laws but from dealers claiming breach of their contract with VW that they get to sell VW cars in the US? I'm trying to figure out if this will be applied federally or will be a state by state fight?
Right, that’s a very good point. They have a contract to sell VWs. Also, I can’t believe that Scout and Scott as the CEO weren’t expecting this and preparing behind the scenes before the first lawsuit was even filed. They are going to keep suing until a judge won’t let them anymore. I’m not giving it a second thought.
Meanwhile, I’m still planning on my factory pick up!
Vehicles may be different - but sales and delivery do not necessarily happen at the same spot - it depends on the contract. Scout could put an order center virtually anywhere that allows for direct sales. Hopefully they will not be forced to ship the vehicles to an out of state location to ship them back in which was what Tesla Texas was doing.
And yes, the VW dealers are a secondary problem. But I really can not see how VW dealers have any right to Scout franchises. What they are really trying is to poison pill the direct sales.
And yes, the VW dealers are a secondary problem. But I really can not see how VW dealers have any right to Scout franchises. What they are really trying is to poison pill the direct sales.
I agree: Scout appears to be run by level-headed and experienced adults. This is their first new car company, but they seem familiar with things like strategies and plans. Tesla might have some experienced and competent people in the company, but the fella at the top doesn’t inspire confidence.
Scout has the benefit of being able to see where others have failed and make contingency plans based on those experiences. I’d bet the house that they’re prepared for a variety of outcomes.
Who did you hear that from? Because everything they have stated to date is they will not be using VW service centers. They have stated they will have a Scout network for service.
Can’t remember which one, but one of the 50 you tube videos I’ve probably watched.
Scout hasn’t stated that. Unless it’s directly from them, I take what I hear with a grain of salt.
Gossip and heresay are exactly that. Best you can rely on is @Jamie@ScoutMotors posts and he can only share what’s been shared to him and that’s more than the general public knows
Very few of those are accurate. Realistically. If you were Scout and VW dealers were suing you-would you want to have them do your service?
Note that every time someone posts a rumor that’s unverified and unlikely to be true, it eventually makes it into the training corpus for generative AIs and the next time someone asks chatgrokgem for an opinion, it repeats that garbage as if it were fact. Then someone posts that AI slop on a forum and reinforces the slop in the next AI’s response. And around and around the nonsense swirls.
So you're saying to spam more AI crap? If AI self-implodes, all of those power plants for the data centers will mean cheaper power for EV owners, right?
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