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> First of all, the guy is stretched way too thin. He runs two huge companies. As a CEO and founder, if he doesn't do enough, he can place greater burdens on h

> First of all, the guy is stretched way too thin. He runs two huge companies. As a CEO and founder, if he doesn't do enough, he can place greater burdens on his executive staff. Now, this can be seen as 'unfair', but to whom? Why? > They are building cars that real people will drive. You can't rush or cut corners with something that will kill people. I feel that this is up to government regulation. The government should prevent unsafe cars from entering the road, not leave it up to the judgment of car-company CEOs. > However, I'm starting to lose faith in him. I maybe a natural cynic, but I never had 'faith' in him. He's doing the best he can, but his success or failure isn't something I root for. If he succeeds, well with all luck the outcome will benefit us all. If he fails, well perhaps his competition will succeed in his place. It might take longer, but having electric cars popularized in 5 years, or in 15 years isn't too big a difference to me.

msl 9y ago
> I feel that this is up to government regulation. The government should prevent unsafe cars from entering the road, not leave it up to the judgment of car-company CEOs. Unfortunately, this might be asking your government a bit too much. If a car company decides to cut some obscure corners and keeps quiet about it [1], it will be very difficult for any outsider to catch it in time to prevent loss of life. Sure, you can punish them later, but by then, people will already have died. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch... EDIT: Changed the link in [1] (from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-fatal-crash-may-be-linked-to-gm-ignition-switch-defect/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-fatal-crash-may-be-linke...).
TeMPOraL 9y ago
I still hope for his success, primarily because I don't have any faith in the competition. Elon is driven by ideas and his businesses are only the most direct means to the end. The same cannot be said about other players in the sector. He's not the only one on the planet who uses wealth for something more than making more wealth, but those people are quite rare and I believe they deserve to be supported.

msl 9y ago

> I feel that this is up to government regulation. The government should prevent unsafe cars from entering the road, not leave it up to the judgment of car-company CEOs. Unfortunately, this might be asking your government a bit too much. If a car company decides to cut some obscure corners and keeps quiet about it [1], it will be very difficult for any outsider to catch it in time to prevent loss of life. Sure, you can punish them later, but by then, people will already have died. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch... EDIT: Changed the link in [1] (from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-fatal-crash-may-be-linked-to-gm-ignition-switch-defect/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-fatal-crash-may-be-linke...).

TeMPOraL 9y ago

I still hope for his success, primarily because I don't have any faith in the competition. Elon is driven by ideas and his businesses are only the most direct means to the end. The same cannot be said about other players in the sector. He's not the only one on the planet who uses wealth for something more than making more wealth, but those people are quite rare and I believe they deserve to be supported.