3 ms·
> Instead, he goes for 20th century tech and infrastructure that's proven to work and tries to squeeze every efficiency drop out of it. Ironically, this is Mus
by ethbro 7y ago
> Instead, he goes for 20th century tech and infrastructure that's proven to work and tries to squeeze every efficiency drop out of it.
Ironically, this is Musk being more SoftBank than SoftBank.
Given our current and near term technology level, what industries have attainable new local maxima/minima, for want of only capital?
Nobody thought lithium ion batteries were a bad idea, they just weren't willing to pour crazy money into them.
- larnmar 7y agoIn classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” style, Tesla spotted an opportunity to sell a technology slightly before it was ready for the mass market, by focusing on a small and undemanding (in price-performance terms) group of consumers that the big players couldn’t be bothered with.
- ethbro 7y agoI don't think electric cars are the product: they're the consumer-funded demand.