BUMPY
Their sleek, powerful electric cars are a taste of the future, but the company struggles when it comes to actually building them.
FOUR-WHEEL REVOLUTION
When Renault looked to take over the country—and build a car for half the price of its cheapest vehicle—it turned to jugaad, the Indian philosophy of low-tech hacking.
LEMON
The autonomous program isn’t meant for most types of driving, and the automaker compares its new luxury vehicles to older, cheaper cars.
LOOK OUT, AHEAD!
Elon Musk’s company has failed to live up to expectations before and it’s never tried to manufacture at this volume. EV hype has led even established giants like Nissan astray.
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
It won’t hit the road for two years, it won’t be as cheap as promised, and it will be plagued with problems.
ACHTUNG!
The Volkswagen scandal shows that regulators leave automakers to police themselves. Governments are left trying to catch companies who cross the line between ‘gaming’ and ‘cheating.’