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There's clearly A LOT of money in play with regards to Tesla and SpaceX succeeding, and I think it has become extremely common to bash both companies at every p
by grecy 3y ago
There's clearly A LOT of money in play with regards to Tesla and SpaceX succeeding, and I think it has become extremely common to bash both companies at every possible opportunity.
The old money absolutely does not want these two companies to succeed.
- bandyaboot 3y agoIt’s a lot simpler than that. A lot of people dislike Elon Musk and so negative stories and/or misleadingly negative headlines related to him generate engagement.
- wkat4242 3y agoWhich is entirely his fault though. People dislike him for his behavior, not because he's rich or upsets the established companies.
- bandyaboot 3y agoCouldn’t agree more.
- yesco 3y agoStill implies that the journalists involved are deliberately spreading misinformation due to a personal vendetta. The primary victims are the ones who trust them.
- panick21_ 3y agoTesla/SpaceX had way just as many negative headlines when Elon himself was pretty popular.
- diogenes4 3y agoWildly different cases, though. SpaceX occupies a unique and valuable space as a contractor, tesla is a consumer manufacturer being outcompeted at their own game.
- panick21_ 3y ago> being outcompeted at their own game. Tesla is the largest EV manufacturing the world, has the best EV margin in the business and is still growing very fast for such a large company. If that's what 'outcompeted' means, I wish my company was being 'outcompeted.
- idop 3y ago> Tesla is the largest EV manufacturing the world. It isn't. See BYD Auto.
- panick21_ 3y agoIf you count PlugIn Hybrids, not BEV only. I don't, because there is good evidence that many people use them more like normal hybrids then EV. Then you just have a less efficient expensive hybrid. But that's just pedantic and even if it is true, they are still very large and successful.
- diogenes4 3y ago[dead]