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The more I see of Musk on Twitter the lower I judge his future impact at Tesla. Tesla going forward is going to have to grow its customer facing side and Musk s
by ChuckMcM 3y ago
The more I see of Musk on Twitter the lower I judge his future impact at Tesla. Tesla going forward is going to have to grow its customer facing side and Musk seems unsuited to solving problems that involve humans and emotions. Could be completely wrong of course, often am. That said, I too divested myself 100%.
- specialist 3y agoHaving 𝕏 distract Musk may prove to be a boon for both SpaceX and Tesla. From the cheap seats, it looks like both have terrific strategies and now need to be left alone to execute.
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- Zigurd 3y agoTrue in the abstract, but both are saddled with a Musk project that will continue for years no matter what: Tesla is going to have a major flop and recall liability with Cybertruck. Starship is a space Spruce Goose.
- pstuart 3y agoWhat confuses me is that Musk's behavior is abhorrent to the "typical" Tesla buyer.
- heavyset_go 3y agoHe's courting a new customer base for the Cybertruck.
- pstuart 3y agoNot to go too far into the weeds of second guessing him, but I don't think that's courting a new market -- it seems to be the mask coming off.
- concordDance 3y agoMore falling in with the wrong crowd.
- panick21_ 3y agoSelling a product into the most profitable market in the automotive industry is 'the mask coming off'? What are you even talking about?
- pstuart 3y agoThe market for electric cars was primarily amongst "the liberals". You know, treehuggers, whale lovers, etc? That was a key selling point for the vehicles -- save the planet! I'm well aware of the market segmentation and where the big ticket items are, thank you very much. Yes, he'll likely get more cybertruck buyers due to fandom but there's a lot of non-truck buyers that are going to rethink giving money to him.
- heavyset_go 3y agoI agree in that this is who he always was, but he's also deliberately going out his way to publicly appeal to certain types of people.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoi don't buy it. TSLA still has a big city high tech slant and that's driving most of the sales, while Ford electric trucks are flying like hotcakes. he's going to have to do more to compete on features, on culture, and on reliability -- a big selling point for trucks, and something Tesla's terrible QA will struggle with. The implication that truck drivers love bipolar douchebags is also vaguely offensive; if that was true the flyover states would be all about Kanye. This isn't 4D chess, he's just off his rocker and morphing into 2000s Howard Hughes
- thumbuddy 3y agoIf the cyber truck burned tetraethtyl lead enriched diesel in a big barrel in the back it would bring in customers that musk has a personal fondness for. Damn I should work in marketing
- jsbisviewtiful 3y agoYou sure about that? > Tesla owners are majority white. 87% of individuals who own the three Tesla models identify as Caucasian, 8% identify as Hispanic, and 5% represent all other ethnicities, according to Hedges and Company. Tesla drivers appear to have higher incomes. Typically more money means you are less in touch with the surrounding world. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-owner https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-owner
- moralestapia 3y agoYou can say whatever you want but 𝕏 DAUs are still strong and going up :^).