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Musk is becoming unhinged. If Tesla is to survive, he needs to resign (or be removed) from the Tesla CEO role. That would free him up to focus exclusively on Sp
by chmaynard 9y ago
Musk is becoming unhinged. If Tesla is to survive, he needs to resign (or be removed) from the Tesla CEO role. That would free him up to focus exclusively on SpaceX.
- mgiannopoulos 9y agoAnd you are basing this on what exactly? Please elaborate.
- chmaynard 9y agoWhen Tesla decided to proceed with the Model 3 project, the most sensible course of action would have been to partner with a large auto maker who knew how to build and service a mass-market automobile. The obvious choice would have been Toyota, a company that had wasted years on fuel cell technology and needed to pivot quickly towards electric vehicles. Toyota had the manufacturing expertise and Tesla had the technology. Together they could have rocked the market. Instead, Musk insulted and mocked Toyota management, making a collaboration unlikely. That was a serious mistake.
- mgiannopoulos 9y agoTesla never had any plans to be only a "car tech" company. If Musk was "sensible" he wouldn't even have started the company in the first place.
- mikeash 9y agoAnd he definitely wouldn’t have started a rocket company.
- greglindahl 9y agoTesla and Toyota already had a collaboration that was destroyed by Tesla refusing to remove "one pedal driving" from the drivetrain of the Tesla-powered Rav4. Also, Toyota has been pushing fuel cells over batteries for a long time. So no, it doesn't look like Tesla passed up your obvious choice.
- gfcft 9y agoYou seem to be an idiot. How do you cope with your continued existence?
- chmaynard 9y agoApparently you are new to Hacker News. We try not use name-calling and insults here.