Tesla releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results

Post by kllrnohj » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 3:23 PM UTC

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This may be related as well, in a smaller way: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/would-...

I ask owners of other EV vehicles how they like their car, and >50% of my sample size of ~10 bring up "at least it's not owned by that crazy man" as a big reason as they explain the other deficiencies. (Mostly bad controls, UX, etc. stuff that the Tesla gets right.) I have a Tesla Model 3 right now and it's my favorite car ever, by far, but I also will be unlikely to buy another tesla. It's not the same company as si…

Post by silverquiet » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 3:23 PM UTC

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It's such a shame that he's sullying his reputation like this. Howard Hughes-like. He could have retired in a blaze of glory a couple of years ago, straight into the pantheon of epic American entrepreneurs.

His behavior isn't the only Howard Hughes callback. The entire Cybertruck project screams it.

Post by cqqxo4zV46cp » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 3:24 PM UTC

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> It's very likely that Musk himself is contributing to the reputational downfall This. I really like Tesla as a brand, but Musk should really stop over-promising and under-delivering. Their technology is really good, but far away from the promises of their CEO.

It almost feels like he's just overpromising to get other car companies to miss what is the USP of a Tesla vehicle - the efficiency. The autopilot nonsense is criminal, but the fact that VW group, Mercedes nor any Japanese manufacturer can't hold a candle to the upper limit of 4 miles per kilowatt. If a model 3 was within my budget, I'd get it despite of the lack of a good radar-guided cruise control, despite the lac…

Post by misiti3780 » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 3:25 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #124

FredPret wrote: post #91

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It's such a shame that he's sullying his reputation like this. Howard Hughes-like. He could have retired in a blaze of glory a couple of years ago, straight into the pantheon of epic American entrepreneurs.

South African entrepreneurs? EDIT: I had heard he was South African. Googled it though: "South African-born American businessman" so I guess he is American now. Thanks.

Post by macintux » Tue, Apr 02, 2024, 3:27 PM UTC

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very few people outside the permanently online care about this

Perhaps! That leads to a question actually: I wonder how many people know that Musk intentionally reinstated accounts for literal neo nazis, and very obviously has personal knowledge of Andrew Anglin being on the service? I suspect most people do not know, because getting caught providing material support for nazism would destroy a normal person's reputation.