Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#1

Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers
wsj.com

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#2

Post by andsoitis » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

Short term thinking (quarterly earnings) has been a poor incentive for how to run public companies.

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#3

Post by Iolaum » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Short term thinking (quarterly earnings) has been a poor incentive for how to run public companies.

TSLA and SPCX issues are not short term.

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#4

Post by Zigurd » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Short term thinking (quarterly earnings) has been a poor incentive for how to run public companies.

For how many quarters has FSD been going to work next quarter?

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#5

Post by datakan » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

Zigurd wrote: post #4

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Short term thinking (quarterly earnings) has been a poor incentive for how to run public companies.

For how many quarters has FSD been going to work next quarter?

Works for me every single day and has for about a year

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#6

Post by Zigurd » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

datakan wrote: post #5

Zigurd wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For how many quarters has FSD been going to work next quarter?

Works for me every single day and has for about a year

Huh? So there's actually no reason why cyber cab doesn't work?

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#7

Post by bdangubic » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Short term thinking (quarterly earnings) has been a poor incentive for how to run public companies.

48 quarterly reports is (should be) :-)

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#8

Post by Natfan » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 5:54 PM UTC

datakan wrote: post #5

Zigurd wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For how many quarters has FSD been going to work next quarter?

Works for me every single day and has for about a year

so you can have a nap while driving down a motorway now?

(and not die in the process)

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#9

Post by rsynnott » Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC

Zigurd wrote: post #6

datakan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Works for me every single day and has for about a year

Huh? So there's actually no reason why cyber cab doesn't work?

The secret is to change the definition of the word ‘work’. It is not, of course, full self driving, but there is a (misnamed) product which does kinda work.

I’m still kinda shocked that Tesla buyers fell for this.

Re: Reality Bites Elon Musk and His Tesla, SpaceX Believers

#10

Post by bdangubic » Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

datakan wrote: post #5

Zigurd wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For how many quarters has FSD been going to work next quarter?

Works for me every single day and has for about a year

my coffee machine works for me every day too