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Meh. Sure, stuff sounds neat, but where are you going to get the capital from? Another secondary share offering? I guess the most concrete thing I saw was ne
by jpeg_hero 10y ago
Meh.
Sure, stuff sounds neat, but where are you going to get the capital from?
Another secondary share offering?
I guess the most concrete thing I saw was new factory for Model 3. Shouldn't that be your only priority?
Not designing an electric semi truck on paper to entice Joe Q Public into stepping up for another secondary share offer?
- aerovistae 10y agoI swear to god he could do it all just as described and there will still be people who have nothing to say but "meh." Blows my mind.
- hueving 10y agoIt's almost as if some people are skeptical!
- aerovistae 10y agoIt's almost as if he's delivered on everything he promised while running the two most difficult companies in America simultaneously! "We'll never have reusable rockets, what a joke..."
- serge2k 10y ago> It's almost as if he's delivered on everything he promised hasn't Tesla repeatedly missed price points and delivery dates. Or are those not promises. I actually think most of what he is talking about is pretty doable. The ones I'm skeptical of are his talk about the massive factory improvements (in a few years too?) and the magic buses with no aisles or entrances. By what measure are Tesla and SpaceX the "two most difficult companies in America"
- aerovistae 10y agoI'm actually curious about the bus, too. Sounds weird. But I trust his judgement, I'm sure it'll be great. He has a track record, you know. Regarding missed promises, if you're saying that as if to suggest that what he's promised isn't nonetheless coming true at a pace faster than anyone else could have possibly delivered, I think you're wearing blinders. Regarding "most difficult".......are you aware of other companies working on something as technologically and logistically and legally challenging as SpaceX and Tesla????
- warfangle 10y agoGoogle's doing a lot better on the whole self driving front. At least in terms of fatalities per mile.
- aerovistae 10y agoGoogle has a handful of their engineers driving around in weird-looking minicars. Tesla has thousands of regular consumers driving all over the world in sleek sedans. Let's see which bet pays off better in five years' time.
- warfangle 10y agoThe weird minicars are not what they've been road testing. The ones they've been road testing for ML look like regular cars. And they have yet to hit a pedestrian or decapitate a driver with a semi. Be real; Tesla's is basically a smarter cruise control. It can't actually deal with complicated scenarios.
- hueving 10y ago>Regarding missed promises, if you're saying that as if to suggest that what he's promised isn't nonetheless coming true So you're saying that, if I promise you I'll give you a thousand dollars in a week but then I give it to you in two years, I haven't broken a promise?
- aerovistae 10y ago
- tdy721 10y agoBy measure of "Hard" technology... Uber is just software. Electric Cars and Reusable rockets are engineering marvels, not nifty software. That's difficult.
- serge2k 10y agoNatural counter to the people who worship at the feet of their god king musk.
- rybosome 10y agoWe should always be thoughtful and critical of ideas regardless from whom they are coming, but autonomously landed first stage rocket boosters returning from orbit is a _big_ fucking deal. There may be some blind worship, but we are not talking about a charlatan here.
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- irq11 10y agoI'm still waiting for him to deliver on his original promises. Like creating a profitable electric car company. I give him credit for SpaceX, but Tesla's main product so far has been hopes and dreams.
- throwawaymsft 10y agoSome people will always be petty. It says more about them than the object of their critique. You can cure cancer and someone will complain it took you long enough.