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The company is driven by the mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Since that transition hasn't happened yet, taking profit slows
by dontreact 6y ago
The company is driven by the mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Since that transition hasn't happened yet, taking profit slows that mission. So their goal is to eventually look like one of the world's largest energy companies in terms of making money.
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- clouddrover 6y ago> The company is driven by the mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy That's just marketing. If it were genuinely the company's mission then Tesla's chargers would be open to all EVs to use. Other charging networks open their chargers to all EVs, including Tesla EVs. So why won't Tesla do the same?
- dontreact 6y agoEVs are a small step. They are focused on building factories that produce more battery capacity as quickly as possible. Giving away electricity does not help with this.
- fomine3 6y agoSo Tesla hopes dominating battery market rather than "accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy"?
- clouddrover 6y agoThey don't have to give away electricity. They can charge money for it like the other charging networks do. The main problem is that they refuse to charge any non-Teslas at all.
- new_realist 6y agoIs that why they sell pollution credits to the highest bidder, undoing all of the environmental benefits from buying their cars?
- dontreact 6y agoIf the money goes into bringing forward the transition of our energy system forward enough, then doing this with the credits might be the way to go.
- oldsklgdfth 6y ago"the road to hell is paved with good intentions"