Ford stops taking orders on the lightening

Lantley wrote:
I don't see it that way. There were a lot of naysayers who thought serious reliable EV coud not be achieved.
The best the legacy manufactures could could come up with were the Leaf and the Bolt.
Tesla showed that EV could be much more than a small commuter car.
They didn't just talk about it. They changed the face of EV.
Sure there were growing pains, but in the end they raised the bar for EV.
They showed the world that EV was possible, if you were creative and determined. Tesla had nothing holding them back.
They were able to simply think outside the box and run with it.
The rest of the world is now playing catch up.

Who thought they couldn't build a reliable EV?

The basic concept was never in question. They weren't particularly innovative, they just threw lots of money at massive battery banks to give it a decent range. There is nothing the legacy manufacturers don't have the capability of producing. They just had no interest when EVs made up 0.0001% of the market.

The issue was producing an economically viable EV. Without huge govt subsidies & kickbacks, Tesla would have went bankrupt long ago. They are still heavily dependent on them.

Now that the market is growing, the legacy manufacturers are getting into the game and have pretty much caught up with Tesla. Heck, Ford has beat them to market with a pickup.