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Someone was telling me yesterday - well after the news came out - that Tesla was going to collapse before WeWork did, because after all - Tesla can't compete wi

Someone was telling me yesterday - well after the news came out - that Tesla was going to collapse before WeWork did, because after all - Tesla can't compete with all of the new players coming into the space, in particular Dyson. They looked a bit crestfallen when I broke it to them that there would be no car. I've regretted every Dyson I have purchased. I have two very expensive plastic vacuum cleaners in my garage. It's hard building cars... it's hard surviving building cars ... it's hard surviving building cars while scaling.

NotSammyHagar 7y ago
There's just something about Tesla's continually promising incredible things, and delivering most of it a little late that really irritates people. Yet no one else is doing anything remotely like it. My 2012 tesla model s85 has better range than a 180k first gen porsche taycan. It's beyond tedious now how people keep thinking they are doomed because of some reason...
- InTheArena 7y ago
  People with a lot to loose if SpaceX and Tesla are long-term successful are opening up with both barrels. Elon tacks close to the wind with what he does - probably to avoid situations like the above. Hence the hope/despair cycles.
- antonvs 7y ago
  The only people it irritates are the overenthusiastic fanboys and slightly too gullible investors. Everyone else can just sit back and watch innovation happen at a pretty decent pace.
geerlingguy 7y ago
Some of their vacuums are competitive if you have certain needs that they meet. But most of their other products are obscenely expensive for what they do.
acoye 7y ago
> It's hard building cars... it's hard surviving building cars ... it's hard surviving building cars while scaling. I think you nailed it right there.
prostoalex 7y ago
Even when someone does manage to produce an affordable and appealing EV (and I think Nissan and Kia have done a pretty decent job), Tesla has a trump card with their massive supercharger network.

NotSammyHagar 7y ago

There's just something about Tesla's continually promising incredible things, and delivering most of it a little late that really irritates people. Yet no one else is doing anything remotely like it. My 2012 tesla model s85 has better range than a 180k first gen porsche taycan. It's beyond tedious now how people keep thinking they are doomed because of some reason...

InTheArena 7y ago
People with a lot to loose if SpaceX and Tesla are long-term successful are opening up with both barrels. Elon tacks close to the wind with what he does - probably to avoid situations like the above. Hence the hope/despair cycles.
antonvs 7y ago
The only people it irritates are the overenthusiastic fanboys and slightly too gullible investors. Everyone else can just sit back and watch innovation happen at a pretty decent pace.

geerlingguy 7y ago

Some of their vacuums are competitive if you have certain needs that they meet. But most of their other products are obscenely expensive for what they do.

acoye 7y ago

> It's hard building cars... it's hard surviving building cars ... it's hard surviving building cars while scaling. I think you nailed it right there.

prostoalex 7y ago

Even when someone does manage to produce an affordable and appealing EV (and I think Nissan and Kia have done a pretty decent job), Tesla has a trump card with their massive supercharger network.