Or driving small businesses out. Carbon taxes make it difficult for smaller Factories to pay their utility bills. So they either close or lay off workers.
Musk's plan is to build sportscars and eventually transition into more 'family' cars. His process is fairly simple starting with limited runs of Luxury Electric cars to build a foundation/infrastructure, and then pivot into more mainstream affordable markets once technology/consumer opinion has advanced.
> Musk's plan is to build sportscars and eventually transition into more 'family' cars.
The thing bugging me about this frequently repeated statement is that they could've easily made a taller Model S Estate version (just change the suspension a bit), put some plastic skirts and terrain looks on it - a squarely 'family' car, like a Subaru Outback or an Audi Allroad - several years ago, and it would've sold like hotcakes.
Instead they did the Model X "SUV", which is a slightly enlarged Toyota Prius in terms of size, and which is on track to see maybe 20k cars sold in 2017 - hardly a resounding success when just the Nissan Rogue "SUV" in the same segment is on track to see 200k sold in 2017.
* I say "SUV" about these cars because a proper SUV is something with a low-range gearbox, 4wd with mechanically locking diffs all around, trunk big enough for bringing a couple of Alaskan Malamutes along, and where you can buy a snorkel for the air intake for wading across rivers. When Mercedes called the GLC an SUV everyone laughed, but the nearly identical Model X gets a free pass.
Musk's plan is to build sportscars and eventually transition into more 'family' cars. His process is fairly simple starting with limited runs of Luxury Electric cars to build a foundation/infrastructure, and then pivot into more mainstream affordable markets once technology/consumer opinion has advanced.