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"From GM's perspective they stood to lose nothing and potentially gain. " No, investing 2 Billion in a scam essentially ruins the credibility of many people an
by jariel 6y ago
"From GM's perspective they stood to lose nothing and potentially gain. "
No, investing 2 Billion in a scam essentially ruins the credibility of many people and puts the CEO in jeopardy.
Being stupid has consequences, even if you can back out.
"The big banks, the suppliers, the big corporate entities GM has to deal with don't care "
Of course they care - you think that the suppliers of GM who give GM massive credit want to know that the company is doing something this dumb and could end up in Chapter 11 - again - where they lose their money?
There is no positive spin on this for GM it makes them look like idiots - to the point wherein the CEO should definitely be fired because this is not just 'some deal' it's an existential issue concerning their future.
- 55555 6y agoYou don't understand the structure of the deal. GM risks nothing and has upside.
- jariel 6y agoI understand the structure of the deal - you're not understanding credibility, power and money. Doing a $2B deal with a company that turned out to be hot air / fraud is inexcusable, total incompetence - it doesn't matter how well leveraged GM was ostensibly, or how de-risked they were. If it was a 'side show' M&A project, the CEO could write it off, but it's not - EV's are 'the core' part of the future of automakers and they are scrambling to put a strategy in place. Everyone involved in this fiasco to go, they need someone in place who can put the EV roadmap in place. There was ample evidence that NKLA was a mess, and GM bit anyhow. This deal should be a be 'Tesla Buy' signal, because it validates Musks' view that regular automakers are stupid. And just gasp at how badly markets are out of whack - a $10B company that has no money, a string of failures, they've produced nothing for the investment, shenanigans with investors bailing out etc.. In reality NKLA is probably worth some large negative value.
- 55555 6y agoI see your point.