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I am having trouble viewing this as a good use of Tesla’s resources. Am I missing something? It would be one thing if their stock was riding a high.. but this f
by nickthegreek 4y ago
I am having trouble viewing this as a good use of Tesla’s resources. Am I missing something? It would be one thing if their stock was riding a high.. but this feels like it’s failing to read the room. If Elon wants to mess around with this kinda thing, shouldn’t it be done under a joke company like Boring? That’s how he did the flame thrower.
- ksherlock 4y agoTeslaquilla and the surfboard were from Tesla. Anyhow, it's probably straight from Ali Express and the only Tesla resources were the web intern who had to build a page for it.
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoCharging batteries is one of the core competencies of Tesla.
- yellowapple 4y agoTo expand on this a bit, if Tesla's able to pull off wireless charging without strict alignment constraints and able to scale the solution up to something automotive-sized, then this could be a killer feature for EVs. Last I checked the latter is currently far from feasible, but hey, maybe in another decade things might be different?
- netsharc 4y agoSince the article says it's using a different company's product, I wonder if it's just a matter asking them to design a unique casing and slapping the Tesla name on it, for a little license fee. So most of the profits would go to the original manufacturer. Somewhat similar to this famous guy who would license his name to building projects: Trump.
- diebeforei485 4y agoIt's licensed merch made by FreePower. Tesla didn't develop this, just how they didn't develop their t-shirts or other merch. I'm not even sure why this is news.