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The powers that he said bev is the one true path and so made all their subsidies contingent on the phasing out of everything with a combustion engine.What I don't get is why all the manufactures didn't do this in the first place.
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The powers that he said bev is the one true path and so made all their subsidies contingent on the phasing out of everything with a combustion engine.What I don't get is why all the manufactures didn't do this in the first place.
that was part of its charm. tesla said "yeah fuck that silly bullshit" about dealerships and different model years and new body styles that somehow justify increasing the cost, people forget that to redditors and other non-car guys that was all useless annoyances.It may be petty, but one of the main reasons I dislike the Model 3 (retina-searing headlights and ipad dash aside) is they all look the same. Same bodystyle, same wheels, same 6 or so boring colours, same bodykit. Even the performance version looks virtually identical to the base one.
They're not wrong. Dealerships are fucking awful to deal with, they'll try to upcharge you for all sorts of nonsense, and nobody cares if your front bumper has two strokes or three, signifying whether it was made in April 2023 or June.that was part of its charm. tesla said "yeah fuck that silly bullshit" about dealerships and different model years and new body styles that somehow justify increasing the cost, people forget that to redditors and other non-car guys that was all useless annoyances.
so true, like every car model has like 9 different options of levels and then you get to customize in those levels the trim or color or wheel style and then they get into body updates and try to upsell you with insane accessories as if you can't buy a car adapter for a cell phone charger anywhere else. Its an all day affair and the guy you're talking to basically is doing his best to sweet talk you like he's going to fuck your asshole later because he gets $3k from selling the car to you. even better is after going through the trouble of choosing all the bullshit options they they say "oh it will be here in 2 months or you can have this one at the dealership same price but leave today" and don't get me started on the warranties, "come back every 4 months so we can find something wrong with your car"They're not wrong. Dealerships are fucking awful to deal with, they'll try to upcharge you for all sorts of nonsense, and nobody cares if your front bumper has two strokes or three, signifying whether it was made in April 2023 or June.
When I buy a car I just want to sit in it, take a little drive, then come back and sign for a model with xyz, then have that delivered. I don't want to have to go back and forth on insisting that I don't need heated cup holders for the rear seats, it's a coupé, nobody is ever going to sit in the back anyway.
They don't have to, but nearly all of them are.EVs don't have to be gay, do they? They don't need touch screens and shitty computer controlled alterntives to mechanisms that work 100 times better, right? They can be a regular car with an electric motor; they don't have to be gay...
Yeah, it turns out that the reason other AV companies use a battery of sensors is because you need that robustness, not because they're too stupid to realize you can do it all with just cameras.It also has issues with randomly slowing for no reason and the parking "sensors" don't work in the dark, because they're just cameras.
They need to be gay because without the gayness, it's just a heavy, expensive car with poor range and a tendency to burst into unquenchable fire in an accident.EVs don't have to be gay, do they? They don't need touch screens and shitty computer controlled alterntives to mechanisms that work 100 times better, right? They can be a regular car with an electric motor; they don't have to be gay...
But surely being so flaming is the most homosexual part?They need to be gay because without the gayness, it's just a heavy, expensive car with poor range and a tendency to burst into unquenchable fire in an accident.
If they could make a domestic robot that actually works it would indeed sell incredibly well. I don’t really mind cooking, but if I could tell my robot to make me an omelette or whatever, I would. Same for countless other mundane household chores. Even just taking the dishes away to the washer would be worth however much the thing costs.Elon Musk Reportedly Told TSMC’s Chairman In A Recent Secret Meeting That Optimus Robots – Not Cars – Are Tesla’s Future
I've long seen their electric car business as doomed to get swept aside by China and Ford, Chevy, et al. So this might be a legitimately good move. If it's not just a bullshit rumor from the Taiwanese press.
Basically, it's an untapped market with huge pent up demand based on sci-fi expectations. There is no household general purpose robot worth a damn, there are Roombas and toys. Making it humanoid is hard but allows it to use spaces and tools designed for humans (no wheelchairs or R2-D2s admitted).If they could make a domestic robot that actually works it would indeed sell incredibly well. I don’t really mind cooking, but if I could tell my robot to make me an omelette or whatever, I would. Same for countless other mundane household chores. Even just taking the dishes away to the washer would be worth however much the thing costs.
The auto business is turbulent, full of established competition, and what Tesla has to offer are overpriced luxury cars with quality issues.
Tesla might even have a future as a battery company if they ditched cars, simply from reaching a certain scale with Gigafactories. I don't know the details of their arrangements with Panasonic though.
| Tesla | All auto | Tesla share | |
| Market Cap | $1.5T | $3.0T | 50% |
| Revenue | $100b | $4400b | 2% |
| PE Ratio | 130 | Between 3 and 10 | About 15x industry norm |
| BEV unit sales | 1.5m | 10m | 15% |