Y'know, part of why I merely alluded to Tesla in my video about rain sensors was because for the first time in years I'm genuinely worried about their future.
But holy yikes, folks.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/
But holy yikes, folks.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/
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I could do a better job than this.
As much as I like to dunk on Elmo and recognize the company's flaws, the rest of the people aren't Elmo, and they've done some genuinely innovative things that have advanced EV tech and acceptance.
I'd like to see them fix the flaws, not implode.
"FSD"
Volume
FSD was a giant speculative bet. And while they got good at volume, they stopped innovation in things that consumers actually care about. Their product line is old and not at all technically advanced.
But it also terrifies the living daylights out of me and I don't trust Tesla to have ironed out the bugs sufficiently nor to have built and engineered the critical mechanical parts to a rigorous standard.
And these are more popularizing than really innovating.
A decision which definitely didn't bite them in the ass, no sir.
This is an evergreen quote for sure.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=agMrewRJTow
Which, to be clear, is a thing I am extremely uneasy with. I'd rather there be a coupler which can be selectively engaged in case of system issues.
1. There should still be mechanical safety systems like brakes that can bring the vehicle to a safe stop.
2. It should make the vehicle as a whole cheaper to buy not just cheaper to make.
3. It shouldn't take a manual to understand how to do overrides in a panic
He doesn’t want Tesla to be a car company, he wants it to be a tech company, an AI company 🙄
Or maybe said startup bought their own cyber truck and company-branded it, which has an equal cringe factor of “ew, no.”
P U S S Y I N B I O
How is it in any way a concession to say Tesla is better at making chargers for their cars than their actual cars? That still sounds like a condemnation to me.
My plan: let everyone buy a cheap BYD, let the whole auto industry die, spin up a public corporation that buys the industrial assets cheap and hires the workers to build something else
It’s the only way their stock value ever made even a little bit of sense.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-charging-curve-confirms-the-4680-cell-suspected-poor-charging-performance-226935.html#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20explanations%20for,about%20their%20long%2Dterm%20performance
https://youtu.be/L6WDq0V5oBg?si=GZJHIP1ML-MoReSX&t=455
The battery works pretty well in Model Y, it's likely this discrepancy is from charging voltage
Glad I only own a Tesla and not TSLA.
The key difference I guess is that if Twitter broke, the site just went down (and it did). We didn't have to worry about it running anyone over.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-earnings-q1-175358835.html
My only worry about their future is that they might have one. The fewer Teslas on the road the safer it is for the rest of us.
Cassandra Connections?
Just some half-baked puns I couldn't turn into a working joke. But I needed to get these words out of my head. Impossible to sleep otherwise.
Staking the future of the company on a risky technology they haven't gotten working right is already dumb, but cutting out the rest of the business to do so? That's a killer.
If their solar/battery gets spun off without Elon’s doped up mind, I’ll consider them.
Because having a tantrum is apparently Leadership(TM).
In fairness, I don't know how anyone could possibly have seen that coming.
(re photo on that article)
Makes sense in an industry recession, not so much when you, yourself, and the results of your decisions are the problem