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The company is so far ahead that it doesn't matter as long as they can keep executing on their plans. Not a popular opinion right now because of the Musk hate,
by DustinBrett 3y ago
The company is so far ahead that it doesn't matter as long as they can keep executing on their plans. Not a popular opinion right now because of the Musk hate, but Tesla is not like other companies and Elon is not like other CEO's.
- lvl102 3y agoSo Tesla is not like other companies…that survived secular changes. Tesla demographics changed quite a bit in the past five years.
- DustinBrett 3y agoWell I don't know what you mean by secular changes. I can't speak to what has changed in the last 5 years as far as staff. But they still seem to be planning big and thinking the same way. They are the slow giant.
- deadbabe 3y agoThey are not far ahead. We’ve seen peak Tesla, competitors are catching up fast.
- DustinBrett 3y agoTesla has no competition. Cars is a small part of what they do.
- hervature 3y agoTesla's most recent 10-K (numbers in millions of $): """ Automotive sales: 78,509 Automotive regulatory credits: 1,790 Automotive leasing: 2,120 Services and other: 8,319 Energy generation and storage segment revenue: 6,035 """ Which part are you referring to when you say cars is a small part?
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- DustinBrett 3y agoRobots, self driving, solar, just engineering excellence alone is enough.
- xenospn 3y agoWhat about Tesla says “engineering excellence”? Every time I get into one, it feels cheap and outdated compared to other modern cars.
- sumedh 3y ago> Tesla has no competition. Didnt Elon himself say that Chinese EVs are their biggest competition right now.
- DustinBrett 3y agoFor cheap cars. Not against Tesla building the future.
- sumedh 3y agoWhat does even mean? Are you saying Elon is wrong about those Chinese EVs?
- rsynnott 3y agoTheir only significant business is cars; beyond that they have a small solar business and homeopathic quantities of semi trucks. But they are clearly a car manufacturer, albeit with some weird hobbies.
- deadbabe 3y agoThey have massive competitors selling more cars for a lot longer.
- peutetre 3y agoFar ahead in what?
- DustinBrett 3y agoBuilding the future.
- DonHopkins 3y agoSheez. And brainwashing, apparently.
- DustinBrett 3y agoEvery time I hear one of you haters, I think the same thing, fyi. The difference is I think about things when they come out and you have your mind set on hating.
- arcticbull 3y agoPeople will continue to call you out in this way because when asked "what do you think they do better" you replied with some handwaving nonsense. If you replied with some specific points, ideally quantifiable and backed by data, you would get quite a different response.
- samtheprogram 3y agoThis. "Building the future" is just asking for a similarly lazy retort.
- DustinBrett 3y agoI desire no retort from doubters or haters. Positive comments are welcome.
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- viraptor 3y agoIt starts being less likely though. The plan was to make the expensive models fund the mass production. The cheap versions of 3 already happened, meanwhile other expensive brands got higher level driver assist, and other cheap brands got both lower cost and better quality of low end. They're months away from not being ahead at this point and there's nothing announced yet that could change it. What do you think they can keep executing on? They still have the charging network, but that's due to everyone else failing more than them succeeding. At some point someone else will overtake them too.
- DustinBrett 3y agoIt's that time of the day again where the doubting begins. I could list things they've said about their plans but it's easier to hate and na-say than believe. We are talking about a company that was nothing a decade or so ago and people are still saying the same tired doubts.