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Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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WarmWash wrote: post #19
dmix wrote: post #6

It's pretty obvious much of this article was written with AI, there's about 15 emdashes. This electrek site frequently comes up in my Firefox news feed and they seem to have made a business of breathless reporting news about Tesla with a negative spin.

Anyone with sense sees the negativity around Tesla. It trades at a 360 p/e with annually shrinking finances. None of it's blockbuster promises have come to fruition, and it keeps on faux chasing hype products to keep shares buoyant. Nevermind all the shady accounting and and notorious opaque data sharing that has cropped up in the last few years. It has had three success stories which are all pretty banal (model S, m…

Yeah, to me it's not bashing or negative to call a spade a spade.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by Veserv »

LanceJones wrote: post #13
dmix wrote: post #6

It's pretty obvious much of this article was written with AI, there's about 15 emdashes. This electrek site frequently comes up in my Firefox news feed and they seem to have made a business of breathless reporting news about Tesla with a negative spin.

I really used to enjoy Fred's writing on Electrek. But after the Roadster referral debacle, Fred's tune changed and has gotten more negative... so negative now that you cannot find any positive articles about Musk or Tesla (some articles you might classify as 'neutral'). If you look at comment counts, it's clear Fred is playing to the "I hate Musk" crowd now for clicks (comments and clicks have similar outcomes for G…

I find it funny how stealing 500,000 $ from a fan is a "debacle". In most places that would be considered a felony instead of a justification to smear the victim and call them a whiner.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by scottyah »

RankingMember wrote: post #21
WarmWash wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anyone with sense sees the negativity around Tesla. It trades at a 360 p/e with annually shrinking finances. None of it's blockbuster promises have come to fruition, and it keeps on faux chasing hype products to keep shares buoyant. Nevermind all the shady accounting and and notorious opaque data sharing that has cropped up in the last few years. It has had three success stories which are all pretty banal (model S, m…

Yeah, to me it's not bashing or negative to call a spade a spade.

What if you were just reporting on electric cars then dropped most reporting on electric cars from the foremost electric car company unless there was a way to include ceo-bashing for half the article? I get being fair or even a decent amount of hatred for whatever reason, but Fred really changed his tune and became quite spiteful. It was sad to watch, and many people tried to help in online comments, but seems like the negativity mostly won out.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by LanceJones »

Veserv wrote: post #24
LanceJones wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really used to enjoy Fred's writing on Electrek. But after the Roadster referral debacle, Fred's tune changed and has gotten more negative... so negative now that you cannot find any positive articles about Musk or Tesla (some articles you might classify as 'neutral'). If you look at comment counts, it's clear Fred is playing to the "I hate Musk" crowd now for clicks (comments and clicks have similar outcomes for G…

I find it funny how stealing 500,000 $ from a fan is a "debacle". In most places that would be considered a felony instead of a justification to smear the victim and call them a whiner.

You think $500K was stolen? Hmm, doesn't sound hyperbolic at all...

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by mcmcmc »

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #10
MarkusQ wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. They seem to specialize in low-effort Musk bashing. (Not that there doesn't appear to be a evergreen market for that among the jealousinati.)

That's it, they're jealous of Musk. It's not the Nazi salute, they're just jealous they don't get to exploit people like he does.

His utter failure at DOGE is irrelevant too, slashing aid programs that will result in the deaths of millions while not making any discernible impact on the budget. No one cares about that.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by LanceJones »

WarmWash wrote: post #19
dmix wrote: post #6

It's pretty obvious much of this article was written with AI, there's about 15 emdashes. This electrek site frequently comes up in my Firefox news feed and they seem to have made a business of breathless reporting news about Tesla with a negative spin.

Anyone with sense sees the negativity around Tesla. It trades at a 360 p/e with annually shrinking finances. None of it's blockbuster promises have come to fruition, and it keeps on faux chasing hype products to keep shares buoyant. Nevermind all the shady accounting and and notorious opaque data sharing that has cropped up in the last few years. It has had three success stories which are all pretty banal (model S, m…

Some fair points, but Model Y was the #1 selling SUV in China in Feb and Mar, and 2nd place vehicle was almost half the price.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by RankingMember »

scottyah wrote: post #25
RankingMember wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, to me it's not bashing or negative to call a spade a spade.

What if you were just reporting on electric cars then dropped most reporting on electric cars from the foremost electric car company unless there was a way to include ceo-bashing for half the article? I get being fair or even a decent amount of hatred for whatever reason, but Fred really changed his tune and became quite spiteful. It was sad to watch, and many people tried to help in online comments, but seems like t…

In my view, the negativity was commensurate with the company CEO's increasingly erratic behavior and choices.

Re: Tesla discloses $2B AI hardware company acquisition in filing

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Post by NewJazz »

greenpizza13 wrote: post #11
MarkusQ wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah. They seem to specialize in low-effort Musk bashing. (Not that there doesn't appear to be a evergreen market for that among the jealousinati.)

Musk-bashing doesn't require effort. Any reasonable person knows he's at best an opportunist dragon with no moral compass.

Sure, which is why this publication has commoditized it.
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