Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man baby.
If you don’t drive it, it doesn’t overheat. Tier 1 solution.
When Elon kinda first hit the scene I liked him and was on his side. It’s been through his own consistent inconsistencies and double talk, and also plain crazy talk… that has totally turned me off to him in any area. I think if I can go from ‘almost a fanboy’ to ‘give back Twitter you stupid cunt’; I’m likely not the only one.
I’m sick of him. Like all of it. I wish he’d had gotten put in that car they launched into space. He’s such an 🫏🕳️
I’m kinda not mad that he’s crazy AND vocal. What I’m more worried about is when maybe when he older and wiser he shuts up and just starts funneling all that money towards his nutto crazy talk. At least now you can hear him coming.
Yeah, that’s the unnerving part. If he just understood when to STFU and take an L, he could still have the reputation of a savior of humanity.
He’s a what now?
Ass ring!
Yeah, I went from thinking he was like a real life Tony Stark. Obviously Tony Stark is fictional, but Elon seemed like what he could be if he was real instead of fantasy.
I’ve pivoted on my opinion of him so hard that I’ve been side eyeing Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, and the whole idea of a benevolent billionaire hero as billionaire propaganda.
He took his mask off in 2018 when he had the tantrum about his stupid submarine idea being called stupid and then went after the guy who did save the kids personally. He never was able to get that mask to fit again after that.
He’s effing Lex Luthor, not Bruce Wayne
Even that is giving him too much credit.
I feel like I can understand Lex Luthor’s decisions. I disagree with them, but there’s a logical consistency there. I look at Elon and think “I’m supposed to believe this guy is a genius?”
When I first heard about him, it was when he took over Tesla and was pushing electric cars to become mainstream against a huge amount of industry pressure trying to squash any effort to move away from fossil fuels. It was an inspiring underdog story, and I was genuinely rooting for the guy. Maybe not in a crazy fanboy way like some people o today, but whenever I heard a positive news story about him it was uplifting to a certain degree.
Then he absolutely humiliated himself with the “pedo guy” comments and his bizarre feud with the truth/reality and my opinion of him flipped then and there. It only went downhill quicker when he started showing his true colors - switching from Democrat to Republican and indulging himself in conspiracy theories, antisemitism and racist ideology cemented my opinion of him. He’s a true blue piece of shit who will say or do anything if he can make money off of it.
The electric car company thats pissing off left wing people on a daily basis is failing? But…the right LOVES renewable energy…how can this be?!
Put gas tanks on Teslas so they can hold gasoline, and the driver can buy gasoline, but it’s not actually burned in the operation of the car. Only if the battery catches fire and the whole thing explodes.
The gas tank need sto have a hole so it can pour straight to the floor, or maybe they could have a feature where every mile they drive their bank automatically donates some money to chevron or someone somewhere gets stabbed
maybe if they mount a huge
penisgun on topIs that a gun that is also a penis? Or is it a gun that shoots penises as ammo?
I’m so morally conflicted about both, since the gun is good, and the penis is evil.
Wow a Zardoz reference. Well met, Friend.
Depends on what trim level you’re willing to pay for.
yes.
Not sure saying the company is failing is accurate. Their stock is up 10% today on their news. That’s a bonkers one say jump for a company this big.
Would you have called GameStop a thriving company before GME? Stock market and reality do not always align.
Would I call GME a thriving stock before the hype? I do think their stock price was a little undervalued before the hype, and I think it’s a little over valued now. I certainly agree stock price is not always 1:1 of a company’s health, but it is a fantastic indication for outsiders. But to say telsa is failing because of this news I think is incorrect. Also, to say their stock is doing poorly by any metric I would also say is incorrect. I’m no Wallstreet broker though.
I agree they aren’t “failing” yet. But let’s put their price in proper context …
That is a 10%-12% after hours pump. All institutional sellers needed to do was lift any orders they had pinning the price down. While the price could skyrocket tomorrow morning, I think it’s more likely to get more attraction from people wanting to cut their losses. If I had millions in stock, I would want to buffer that price range with orders from people who think after hours prices mean something.
Also, it’ll take more than that little bump to improve it’s overall price:
Oh I totally agree and I’m not saying this single day is the biggest day of tesla. Just that this news isn’t singling the end either. But over all, the stock price has done stupidly well. 800% increase in 5 years for a company this size. Absolutely wild, in any context. I have no money in it and don’t plan to, nor will I buy a car from them just to make it clear I’m not a fan boy.
I just sold my 2021 Tesla Model Y and picked up a new Rivian R1T. I had already put my money down on the Model Y when Elon started becoming political and promoting hate. He is the only reason I sold my Tesla. I actually enjoyed driving it.
Having a complete fecking tosspiece at the helm might also have something to do with it…
Why can’t they just make normal good electric cars. Why did they make a weird steel thing that isn’t even road legal on half the planet?
Just make a normal car for god’s sake.
Besides not wanting to buy a product from Musk buying a Tesla simply isn’t an option.
On the newest Model 3 they removed the stalks, I don’t want to press a button on a steering wheel to use the blinker (Doing that in a roundabout sounds like a nightmare).
Besides that Musk seems to think he can do whatever he wants with OTA updates. I wouldn’t want to buy a car that might have some function changed or disabled the next time I’m using it.
Plenty of other manufacturers at this point to choose from.
- Did you try it? Some people seem to like it. I dunno, haven’t tried it
- That’s only on new model 3 since last fall. Other models don’t do that, nor do older ones
I already can’t hit the song selection forward/backward button consistently while the wheel is turned. Especially in a roundabout where I always indicate on exit. I don’t have to try it, steering wheel buttons for driving functions fucking suck.
seems to think he can do whatever he wants with OTA updates.
Maybe, and face lawsuits left and right. So far the effect of this has been overwhelmingly positive. This is the first car I’ve had where bug fixes might actually happen, where I have gotten new feature after I bought it, where (some) recalls just happen without any effort from me.
What a ridiculous title! No one buys cooling from Tesla ever since the sugar got stuck in my teeth so I had to brush the heck out of thems that can’t do, teach.
Yeah Tesla is definitely struggling. Hard times for Tesla Motors.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Tesla reported its first quarter earnings during an incredibly shaky moment for the company in which sales numbers and the stock price have both fallen.
Earlier this week, the company approved its latest price cuts for the US, China, and Germany — all major markets for the EV maker.
Musk reportedly delayed the project, preferring to go “balls to the wall” on Tesla’s forthcoming robotaxi, which is expected to debut in August.
In the shareholder note, Tesla made no direct reference to the Model 2 but said it’s focused on leveraging its existing manufacturing footprint to “introduce new and more affordable products.”
“We have updated our future vehicle line-up to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of our previously communicated start of production in the second half of 2025,” the company states.
Earlier this year, Tesla reported lackluster sales numbers in a sign that cooling demand for EVs and rising competition were taking their toll on the company.
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No surprise. A fascist leader, and a product line that started looking dated years ago. All while established car companies have caught up. I can’t imagine a future for Tesla that’s not just pain.
Cooling demand… Let’s call it what it is. People don’t like Musk since he’s a fucking piece of shit nazi, so they don’t want to buy his car.
I’ve said it a bunch, I wanted a Tesla but I couldn’t afford it. Now that I can afford it, I will not buy a Tesla solely because of Musk.
Personally I’m not buying a Tesla because I want a car that I can actually be fixed occasionally
There’s always a way. You might have to buy used parts, but there’s always a way. I’m not buying one because musk is a fuck.
If he was ousted I would buy one just to spite him.
Nah, I wouldn’t, but I imagine a big uptick in sales after he got the boot would do detrimental harm to his ego.
He would still own a massive share of the stock
True
I think that’s a big part of it, but even putting him and all his BS aside, they haven’t really done much innovating in years. In the mid '10s it seemed like they were making big gains in manufacturing and following up the success of the Model S with the X, Y, and 3 as well as developing the gigafactory and things like the powerwall. Since probably 2019 though, they’ve just been spinning their wheels and stagnating on things like autonomy and building the Cybertruck with no real gain to show for it.
I imagine it won’t be long before he’s ousted though as it provides a convenient scape goat for everything along with shedding dead weight who’s main appeal previously was being outspoken online and “a disruptor” before everything turned to right wing politics.
The guy deserves all sorts of crap for the way he runs his mouth (and so do we all for putting him on that pedestal), but come on ….
Since 2019
- incorporates a heat pump for the first time
- new batteries
- gigacasting
- new factories and huge scale up
- pushed NACS as the new charger standard
Sure the vehicles look similar but there’s still huge innovation …… except that Cybertruck. If ever there was a good time for them to just let something drop to obscurity, it would be when that had so much trouble and Rivian and Ford beat them to release
Yeah because heat pumps are new technology. It’s a reversible air conditioner is what it is.
they haven’t really done much innovating in years.
They just released a new vehicle (like today). It’s a $45k sedan that does 0-60MPH in 3 seconds.
Another recent vehicle is the first production vehicle made of stamped cold-rolled steel. It is the first production vehicle with a 48V low-voltage system. It is the first production vehicle with steer-by-wire.
Not long before that they released a vehicle that’s faster than any production car (when it was released) with triple carbon-sleeved rotors that decimated the 60+MPH EV acceleration problem, and it was a 4-door sedan that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars less than said supercars.
Now you may not like those features, and you may not like the vehicles, and you may hate the brand and it’s leader, but you can’t say they aren’t regularly innovating. There are lots of super talented engineers at Tesla that are not Musk.
Another recent vehicle is the first production vehicle made of stamped cold-rolled steel.
I like how you’re touting that as a good thing when it was stupid as fuck.
https://insideevs.com/news/699189/tesla-cybertruck-repair-insurance/
Also- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-rusting-complaints-from-owners/
Not all innovation succeeds and this might not, but what other car company would even try? Innovation is about being willing to try things that are new and different, even when it fails
Things that don’t work are not innovation. Stainless steel that rusts is certainly not innovation.
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Why would they want to cool demand? Anyways, they are doing a pretty good job at it, even if it’s a struggle. /s
