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The Case Against TESLA

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EEVblog:
Interesting

dr.diesel:
Competition is coming, and will be coming very strong.

Musk had better have some whoppers left hiding up his sleeves.

ataradov:

--- Quote from: dr.diesel on December 02, 2017, 12:14:21 am ---Musk had better have some whoppers left hiding up his sleeves.

--- End quote ---
They are producing patents faster than they are producing cars. In the end, they may not be able to sell actual cars, but I bet they will be able to sell IP for quite some time.

dr.diesel:
To add:

No doubt that Musk "reinvented" the electric car, without his genius the electric craze would have taken another 5-10 years perhaps.  But now that the big manufacturers are gearing up, IMHO, hasn't the fun kinda expired?

I'd much rather see Musk concentrate on SpaceX, very cool stuff happening here, with the opportunity to continue doing great things for decades..   :-+

floobydust:
It's easy to bash the company, especially investors who demand profitability while building a company and an industry.

Tesla Motors is pushing an application of existing technology, sure the self-driving is proprietary but the batteries are a staple item, for years. The motor, the VFD, nothing terribly special there. They are left to making cars and have little experience there, let alone competing with sluggish dinosaurs like Ford, GM, VW.

I think Tesla Motors knows things are going to take longer that expected. Firing 700 people (2%) due to slow Model 3 production, obviously a cost-cutting mass layoff because you don't sack "inept" people en masse.

Very fragile, a new battery technology or a competitor getting up to speed- I don't think Tesla Motors would survive.
If they made all their own batteries, had superior battery tech, then they could rule.
But for now, I think his company's (profit) comes down to manufacturing and they ain't doing well there.

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