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After a chapter 7? A landfill. Nothing survives Chapter 7. Everything is destroyed to show it has no value.

gamblor956 8y ago
A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is basically a liquidation sale, meaning the assets get sold to the highest bidder. It is possible that the chargers could get sold, in which case they would remain in service (or in existence, i.e., as collectibles). But they would only get destroyed if they aren't sold.
- bduerst 8y ago
  Chargepoint would definitely pick them up if none of the other manufacturers did.
  - jonathankoren 8y ago
    Not if it’s hard to integrate into their existing network and didn’t provide more geographic distribution.
chipotle_coyote 8y ago
While someone else replied, I feel it's worth putting this more strongly: this is categorically untrue. Chapter 7 provides for "the sale of a debtor's nonexempt property and the distribution of proceeds to creditors." http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-7-bankruptcy-basics http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy... There is virtually no question that the Supercharger network will be bought by someone in the event of Tesla going under -- another car company, or another company that already operates a charging network, or even a new company formed to run the network. The new owner would almost certainly open it up to non-Tesla customers if that's at all possible, too. I don't think this is just true of this network, either; I have little doubt that all of Tesla will be bought if they collapse, although they might be broken up and bought piecemeal. If I was forced to make a prediction for Tesla's fate, though, this wouldn't be it. I think it's most likely that Tesla will be bought in total by another carmaker within four years, and it will continue as a semi-independent brand for years past that, with its technology being diffused through the rest of their new owner's properties -- and vice-versa.
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- samstave 8y ago
  What I would like to know is what super-systems are required to be run by someone in the event of tesla going out of business/some-thing-else-bad happening to them... But, it begs a question about such system in the long-term. If we look at the electric car segment of all transport, as it replaces ICEs over time - the systems they rely on to function are bigger than a single brand.

A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is basically a liquidation sale, meaning the assets get sold to the highest bidder. It is possible that the chargers could get sold, in which case they would remain in service (or in existence, i.e., as collectibles). But they would only get destroyed if they aren't sold.

bduerst 8y ago
Chargepoint would definitely pick them up if none of the other manufacturers did.
- jonathankoren 8y ago
  Not if it’s hard to integrate into their existing network and didn’t provide more geographic distribution.

chipotle_coyote 8y ago

While someone else replied, I feel it's worth putting this more strongly: this is categorically untrue. Chapter 7 provides for "the sale of a debtor's nonexempt property and the distribution of proceeds to creditors." http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy-basics/chapter-7-bankruptcy-basics http://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/bankruptcy/bankruptcy... There is virtually no question that the Supercharger network will be bought by someone in the event of Tesla going under -- another car company, or another company that already operates a charging network, or even a new company formed to run the network. The new owner would almost certainly open it up to non-Tesla customers if that's at all possible, too. I don't think this is just true of this network, either; I have little doubt that all of Tesla will be bought if they collapse, although they might be broken up and bought piecemeal. If I was forced to make a prediction for Tesla's fate, though, this wouldn't be it. I think it's most likely that Tesla will be bought in total by another carmaker within four years, and it will continue as a semi-independent brand for years past that, with its technology being diffused through the rest of their new owner's properties -- and vice-versa.

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samstave 8y ago
What I would like to know is what super-systems are required to be run by someone in the event of tesla going out of business/some-thing-else-bad happening to them... But, it begs a question about such system in the long-term. If we look at the electric car segment of all transport, as it replaces ICEs over time - the systems they rely on to function are bigger than a single brand.