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They guy could just double-down on scaling out Supercharger infrastructure and make an absolute killing. Instead, he's pinning the company's future on a techno

They guy could just double-down on scaling out Supercharger infrastructure and make an absolute killing. Instead, he's pinning the company's future on a technology that won't likely come to fruition any time soon.

krapp 3y ago
Elon's goal isn't money - he has more money than God. His goal is ego gratification. He wants to be Tony Stark, to do the cool shit that leads people to worship him as a genius and innovator.
- workingdog 3y ago
  I'm ok with this nutball going to Mars. The world has enough boring billionaires.
- NickC25 2y ago
  His personal goal isn't money, sure, but he's the CEO of a publicly traded entity. That entity's goal is money, and as the CEO, from a legal POV the entity's needs and goals need to be put first and foremost. If he doesn't want to be beholden to the needs of the public market, he's free to take Tesla private.
  - krapp 2y ago
    >If he doesn't want to be beholden to the needs of the public market, he's free to take Tesla private. He couldn't care less about the market or its needs.We live in a capitalist society and Elon Musk won capitalism. The man famously doesn't pay bills. He doesn't pay rent. He illegally put a giant light-up X on top of Twitter HQ that the police had to remove. He plays with companies like a kid playing with toys. He believes the rules don't apply to him, thus far he's been proven correct (possibly with the exception of being forced to buy Twitter - but he can afford to burn that to the ground if he wants.) He's gotten away with things that would have landed lesser people in prison many, many times, and has more money to throw at the consequences of his actions than most governments.
    - disqard 2y ago
      I don't know why you are being downvoted. Perhaps there are too many Elon fanboys in this thread. What you wrote rings true, especially the "would have landed lesser people in prison many, many times" part.
rm_-rf_slash 3y ago
Driving any distance beyond the half-radius-from-home mark with a non-Tesla EV is an abysmal experience. Every FUCKING charging station needs a different app and the credit card endpoints never FUCKING work. So the decision to cut back on Superchargers is a bit of a head scratcher.
- maxerickson 2y ago
  It's pretty likely that the payment stuff will get ironed out/consolidated, at that point it looks a lot like a low margin business with significant infrastructure cost. Especially with the industry moving to the Tesla charging interface.

krapp 3y ago

Elon's goal isn't money - he has more money than God. His goal is ego gratification. He wants to be Tony Stark, to do the cool shit that leads people to worship him as a genius and innovator.

workingdog 3y ago
I'm ok with this nutball going to Mars. The world has enough boring billionaires.
NickC25 2y ago
His personal goal isn't money, sure, but he's the CEO of a publicly traded entity. That entity's goal is money, and as the CEO, from a legal POV the entity's needs and goals need to be put first and foremost. If he doesn't want to be beholden to the needs of the public market, he's free to take Tesla private.
- krapp 2y ago
  >If he doesn't want to be beholden to the needs of the public market, he's free to take Tesla private. He couldn't care less about the market or its needs.We live in a capitalist society and Elon Musk won capitalism. The man famously doesn't pay bills. He doesn't pay rent. He illegally put a giant light-up X on top of Twitter HQ that the police had to remove. He plays with companies like a kid playing with toys. He believes the rules don't apply to him, thus far he's been proven correct (possibly with the exception of being forced to buy Twitter - but he can afford to burn that to the ground if he wants.) He's gotten away with things that would have landed lesser people in prison many, many times, and has more money to throw at the consequences of his actions than most governments.
  - disqard 2y ago
    I don't know why you are being downvoted. Perhaps there are too many Elon fanboys in this thread. What you wrote rings true, especially the "would have landed lesser people in prison many, many times" part.

rm_-rf_slash 3y ago

Driving any distance beyond the half-radius-from-home mark with a non-Tesla EV is an abysmal experience. Every FUCKING charging station needs a different app and the credit card endpoints never FUCKING work. So the decision to cut back on Superchargers is a bit of a head scratcher.

maxerickson 2y ago
It's pretty likely that the payment stuff will get ironed out/consolidated, at that point it looks a lot like a low margin business with significant infrastructure cost. Especially with the industry moving to the Tesla charging interface.