> That obviously allows them to out-compete other auto manufacturers who are more aware of things like product liability
A lot of this era comes down to this. You have a legacy industry with tons of regulations, then a new guy comes up, steps on all the lines, and convinces people they're smarter for doing more for less. (up until regulations come back in the equation).
Its very easy to claim that everybody else is not following regulation and that the only reason you are losing is because you do. Its much harder to prove.
If anything, GM had more problems and failures of their EVs so far. So the claim that Tesla is ignoring liability and doing much higher risk development is literally just an accusation based on nothing.
In actual fact, GM is spending 10s of billions buying back every single Bolt and they have been forced to shut down the line. At the same time Tesla had no such issues.
So, how about these people actually prove or substantiate in some way that the new comer ignores regulation or quality. Specially when, they themselves have a worse record.
A lot of this era comes down to this. You have a legacy industry with tons of regulations, then a new guy comes up, steps on all the lines, and convinces people they're smarter for doing more for less. (up until regulations come back in the equation).