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Musk says it's at least 100 times harder to build EVs at scale, then it is to build a few prototypes.
by sixQuarks 8y ago
Musk says it's at least 100 times harder to build EVs at scale, then it is to build a few prototypes.
- gamblor956 8y agoMusk says a lot of things that aren't true because he's unwilling to listen to expert advice. A lot of the "hell" that Tesla has been through the past year--especially with the logistics--are nonissues for everyone else because the solutions are either industry SOP are such basic tasks that expertise isn't required (like properly labeling your imported products...). Rivian will be building products with Ford's assistance (and Ford will be building products using Rivian's tech). Ford has been building cars at scale for more than a century, and I'd bet a pretty penny that Rivian will take their advice on how to structure their manufacturing process.
- moduspol 8y agoIf Musk listened to expert advice, Tesla wouldn't exist.
- gamblor956 8y agoTesla would absolutely still exist. Tesla wasn't founded by Musk, it was founded by two other guys as an EV boutique manufacturer that was profitable selling handmade EVs based on other carmaker's frames. Indeed, Gwynne Shotwell over at SpaceX shows what a Tesla without Musk would look like: functional, industry-leading, and with a history of actually reaching its goals on the timelines set forth.
- sixQuarks 8y agooh come on. The guys that started Tesla would have never gotten this far.
- notfromhere 8y agoMusk is an arrogant blowhard who is trying to cover for his failings. The Musk ventures that are going well, like SpaceX, aren't managed by him on a day-to-day basis. He's not a good CEO and from information publicly available has no business managing people.
- leesec 8y agoYeah so I'm not sure what Musk did to you, but the guy has been a very successful CEO in the fact that he's made MULTIPLE BILLION dollar companies.
- notfromhere 8y agoSeems like his companies do best when he's not running them
- village-idiot 8y agoA lot of people are tired of his fanboys. It’s similar to how people reacted to Steve Jobs fans. Personally I think Musk is smart but highly overrated. He makes a lot of dumb mistakes by ignoring advice, and seems to have a lot of impulse control issues. As an ideas man he’s one of the best, but hike badly needs an “adult in the room” to moderate his worst impulses.
- watwat1 8y agoYou’re a nobody on the internet criticizing someone who has managed to do what NASA couldn’t. Seriously pathetic.