>>> When they started making the Model 3 or PowerWalls or rolled out the SuperCharger network, it’s because leadership decided to yes, and ... Look anything I

>>> When they started making the Model 3 or PowerWalls or rolled out the SuperCharger network, it’s because leadership decided to yes, and ... Look anything I say sounds like sour grapes but, honestly there were a thousand bloggers saying "someone should make electric cars", there were hundreds of engineers who had built prototypes in and out of major car companies. It was time. The technology was there. Leadership is not posting a vision up on a site or sending round a memo (ie deciding to). Leadership is having the capital in place (financial and reputation and network and that x factor), and risking it. I am not trying to belittle the leadership - but I am trying to right size it. Without the climate, without the skilled engineers and the cash and the government support and so on, leadership is just prattling on HN comments. You could pluck any fucker from HN and put them as CEO of any random tech company and their decisions would be within 10% of the original CEO. The hard part is not leading. We already know where we are going. The hard part is not staff work. The hard part is inspiring people so they don't fuck off and join the other guy with the same ideas but more charisma. Just like High frequency traders the CEO competition is other CEOs. And just like HFT the secret is not the special algorithm, it's just the doing of it that gives society benefit. And just like HFT there is a lot of sound and fury and we could probably get the same social benefit with a new market structure