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A lot of these things are just not fixable within the short term either, so a new leader probably won't improve things much. Take poor build quality, for exampl

A lot of these things are just not fixable within the short term either, so a new leader probably won't improve things much. Take poor build quality, for example, which takes many years of iteration to improve.

bamboozled 3y ago
9. Elon says a lot of stupid shit and many might not want to support him by buying his product I think this is actually a bigger thing than people realize though. Initially I think Elon was the selling point, people liked him more and wanted to support him. Not anymore.
- kelipso 3y ago
  I don't know about that, maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true. But repair costs and mainly Teslas being very unreliable and breaking down a lot has been going viral on instagram and probably tiktok for months.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true I live in Wyoming. I know two people who passed on buying a Tesla because they didn’t want to be the jackass driving around town making that sort of a political statement.
    - rgersten 3y ago
      That’s my experience as well. My non-techy potential EV buyer friends are split on Tesla. Group A thinks the range and specs are industry leading, for now. Group B wants nothing to do with Tesla regardless of how good or bad the cars are because of Elon.
      - 6th 3y ago
        EV's in Group B would be awesome! Bring on Group B-EV
  - thejazzman 3y ago
    The only point I ever hear any non tech person say is that they hate Elon and won't buy the car. Period. 5-10y ago these people were gushing to see the frunk and talking about how they can't wait to afford one. He should be awarded soothing recognizing the absolutely massive amount of goodwill that he created and destroyed in about 1 decade
    - jhonof 3y ago
      Anecdotally this is mostly correct, but I also have heard non tech people acknowledge how hard it is to get parts/repair the cars as a downside as well.
acdha 3y ago
It won’t be quick but I would bet that they could make fairly big improvements quickly if they had a less chaotic leader: someone who acknowledges the problem and makes it their top priority instead of chasing impulses or being obsessed with something which would be cool if it worked but doesn’t. I guarantee that there are people in that organization who know how to improve reliability but aren’t empowered in a culture of intimidation.

bamboozled 3y ago

9. Elon says a lot of stupid shit and many might not want to support him by buying his product I think this is actually a bigger thing than people realize though. Initially I think Elon was the selling point, people liked him more and wanted to support him. Not anymore.

kelipso 3y ago
I don't know about that, maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true. But repair costs and mainly Teslas being very unreliable and breaking down a lot has been going viral on instagram and probably tiktok for months.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > maybe in the tech nerd crowd that's true I live in Wyoming. I know two people who passed on buying a Tesla because they didn’t want to be the jackass driving around town making that sort of a political statement.
  - rgersten 3y ago
    That’s my experience as well. My non-techy potential EV buyer friends are split on Tesla. Group A thinks the range and specs are industry leading, for now. Group B wants nothing to do with Tesla regardless of how good or bad the cars are because of Elon.
    - 6th 3y ago
      EV's in Group B would be awesome! Bring on Group B-EV
- thejazzman 3y ago
  The only point I ever hear any non tech person say is that they hate Elon and won't buy the car. Period. 5-10y ago these people were gushing to see the frunk and talking about how they can't wait to afford one. He should be awarded soothing recognizing the absolutely massive amount of goodwill that he created and destroyed in about 1 decade
  - jhonof 3y ago
    Anecdotally this is mostly correct, but I also have heard non tech people acknowledge how hard it is to get parts/repair the cars as a downside as well.

acdha 3y ago

It won’t be quick but I would bet that they could make fairly big improvements quickly if they had a less chaotic leader: someone who acknowledges the problem and makes it their top priority instead of chasing impulses or being obsessed with something which would be cool if it worked but doesn’t. I guarantee that there are people in that organization who know how to improve reliability but aren’t empowered in a culture of intimidation.