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James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by Latteland »

cmroanirgo wrote: post #76
elektor wrote: post #7

From the article: The son of Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch, he joined Tesla’s board in July 2017 after years of work with media companies. He has no experience in manufacturing and has never led a company that makes cars or electric vehicles. What exactly does this guy bring to the table for Tesla? Money? Connections?

Wow. Elon to be replaced by this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murdoch#Phone_hacking_sc... If I were a shareholder, I'd be screaming out to keep hold of Elon rather than Mr Murdoch. In short: > On 7 July 2011, James Murdoch announced the closure of the British tabloid newspaper the News of the World in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.[23] Although everyone has the right to make mistakes, this was the m…

musk will still be the president and ceo , murdoch will be the chairman of the board.

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by JoshCole »

Found a primary source on Tesla board about news of this type. 20% stake holder, therefore has huge influence on decision.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1050164164805545984

Tesla and Elon Musk propaganda campaigns are so successful on Hacker News that I'm getting close to just being done with the site entirely.

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by JoshCole »

JoshCole wrote: post #84
diogenescynic wrote: post #83

Nothing could make me want this company to fail more than knowing the Murdoch’s are involved.

The story is not correct.

A 20% stake holder and board member, who unlike the quoted article is not anonymous, has publicly refuted the misinformation currently being treated as true on Hacker News with regard to claims about James Murdoch.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1050164164805545984

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by craftyguy »

awad wrote: post #80
craftyguy wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You're proving my point that it's not practical to get around a lot of the US without cars because it's just so much bigger. No, my point is that if a group of countries can figure out how to improve transportation across themselves for similar distances, then why can't even individual states figure it out? They could, if they wanted to, but "freedom to drive" and other excuses. You don't even need to "blanket" the…

All that for 7.7% of passenger traffic seems a bit wasteful given the cost of construction in the modern US. The boondoggle that is the California "High Speed" Rail multiplied by the lower 48 states a few times over does not at all seem worth it versus other infrastructure improvements that need to be made.

1) it doesn't have to be a boondoggle, but it generally is because of US citizens' love of cars

2) 7.7% is a nontrivial number, and I expect it to increase if transportation became more accessible

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by bliblah »

elektor wrote: post #7

From the article: The son of Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch, he joined Tesla’s board in July 2017 after years of work with media companies. He has no experience in manufacturing and has never led a company that makes cars or electric vehicles. What exactly does this guy bring to the table for Tesla? Money? Connections?

>He has no experience in manufacturing and has never led a company that makes cars or electric vehicles.

Did Elon have either before founding Tesla?

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. The other option that this is a popularity contest and the position is mostly for forward facing purposes.

I'm going to guess that Elon will continue to micromanage from the sidelines but if this is a coup it definitely sets the stage for some drama.

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by JoshCole »

JoshCole wrote: post #82

Found a primary source on Tesla board about news of this type. 20% stake holder, therefore has huge influence on decision. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1050164164805545984 Tesla and Elon Musk propaganda campaigns are so successful on Hacker News that I'm getting close to just being done with the site entirely.

Feel free to go read your precious article again by the way. It has been edited to reflect the fact that actual people with strong control over this decision have said that it is not as the article originally implied.

Hacker News? Every correction had zero upvotes. But now its the next day. This story is no longer on the front page. Anchoring effects are taking hold. Will Hacker News even ever know there was a correction to the article?

Re: James Murdoch in line to replace Musk as Tesla chairman

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Post by telotortium »

samfisher83 wrote: post #70
btilly wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In most of the country, per passenger, per person transported a mile, cars are more efficient than public transportation. Electric cars take less than half the energy per mile driven. So they definitely have a role. The reason why is that a bus has to run whether or not it has passengers on it. A lot of empty buses without passengers are running around all day and night in most metro areas. So yes, public transit mak…

Can you please cite your sources. According to this article as long as you have about 11 people on a bus its more efficient. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2012/11/can-we-please...

In my experience, in most US cities where I've taken the bus, having even 11 people on the bus is not that common, especially later at night. Probably Uber Pool would more efficient than the vast majority of night buses, at least, in the US, and self-driving cars using a similar system even more efficient.
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