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How many people owned Teslas before Musk took over?
by mej10 11y ago
How many people owned Teslas before Musk took over?
- OrwellianChild 11y agoA bit over 400. Of those, 75% of them needed to be recalled due to manufacturing issues. [1][2] My perception is that Musk brings very capable executive-level management to his projects. Tesla was dying without strong leadership (and had a string of temporary CEOs prior to Musk). [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-recalls-345-roadsters-2009-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-recalls-345-roadsters-2... [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-10 http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-1... EDIT: Fixed citations...
- mej10 11y agoOh, nice! I wonder if that should be added to the wikipedia article?
- a8da6b0c91d 11y agoTesla is still on a course to meet with death. They lose a lot of money and there is zero credible plan to arrive at profitability. I wonder what all the hagiographers will say when Tesla goes belly up in the next recession.