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Tesla: A distraction from desperation?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 11/20/17 at 12:58 pm
Tesla's introduction of 2 new vehicles (Roadster and Semi truck) have not been received with much credibility given their recent lack of actually making vehicles.
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Pay no attention to the "manufacturing hell" engulfing Tesla Inc.'s California plant, where it's laboring to produce its most basic vehicle, the mass-market Model 3 sedan, not by the thousands, but by the hundreds. Or to the $1.4 billion in cash drained in the third quarter, or to the $671 million net loss. Those numbers are real, too, but not part of this show.
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The specs on the semi and sports car would make them segment leaders, says Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Kelley Blue Book, "assuming they can be produced and sold as part of a sustainable business plan. So far, that final element has eluded Tesla Motors, which makes it difficult to see these vehicles as more than 'what if' concept cars."
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Posted on 11/20/17 at 12:59 pm to cajuncarguy
If that Semi can do about 75% of what they claim then that is going to be one bad bitch if anyone can afford to run them.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 12:59 pm to cajuncarguy
Musk is such a fraud
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:00 pm to cajuncarguy
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:01 pm to cajuncarguy
Musk is a con man.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:02 pm to cajuncarguy
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Tesla's introduction of 2 new vehicles
Let's be honest.
They introduced pictures of two new vehicles. They aren't even like the hundreds of concept EV cars because they don't exist.
This post was edited on 11/20/17 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:03 pm to LSUTIGER in TEXAS
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Musk is such a fraud
He’s definitely fell short on production for the model three but if you think he’s a fraud you probably don’t know very much about spacex.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:03 pm to bamarep
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Musk is a con man.
I’m picturing him now as the monorail salesman on that Simpson’s episode.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:06 pm to cajuncarguy
Musk is in it for the $
They skipped a bunch of prototype work for the Model 3 to cut costs and now they are having production issues.
They skipped a bunch of prototype work for the Model 3 to cut costs and now they are having production issues.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:10 pm to CM Tiger83
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He’s definitely fell short on production for the model three but if you think he’s a fraud you probably don’t know very much about spacex.
Not sure if he is a fraud....but Telsa has to step up big time. Musk over promises and under delivers way too much with them.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:12 pm to ScoopAndScore
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I’m picturing him now as the monorail salesman on that Simpson’s episode.
Hyperloop, bro
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Elon Musk has started the building revolution for a new train system.
Dubbed Hyperloop, it will allow you to get from London to Edinburgh or LA to San Francisco in under 30 minutes. But what is it and how does it work? Good questions. Musk has likened it to a vacuum tube system in a building used to move documents from place to place. Confused? No worries. Here's everything you need to know about the futuristic train coming from the founder of Tesla and SpaceX.
life literally imitating art
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:13 pm to texag7
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They skipped a bunch of prototype work for the Model 3 to cut costs and now they are having production issues.
The model 3 is a disaster even grading on the Musk curve.
They are getting spanked by Chevrolet's 230 mile range EV. Pretty soon Nissan's new Leaf will be on the market as well.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:25 pm to texag7
I know an engineer with Tesla and talked to him about a month ago. He’s been promoted several times over the past year because his bosses and coworkers keep getting fired. He’s been working basically 18 hour days for the past 6 months. He says Musk is a nutjob, that he promised to be making 10,000 cars per week without consulting anyone or identifying bottlenecks in the production line. I asked him how many Model 3s they were currently producing, his answer was 12 cars PER WEEK.
This post was edited on 11/20/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:29 pm to texag7
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Musk is in it for the $
We can't have that here in America. There is no place for capitalism.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:38 pm to MrLarson
True. I? was thinking today about the possibility of it recharging itself on the downhill side of a mountain instead of low gear there could be a mechanism to charge batteries.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:53 pm to texag7
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Musk is in it for the $
They skipped a bunch of prototype work for the Model 3 to cut costs and now they are having production issues.
Be fair.
The primary reason for short changing the typical process was to try to hit the affordability margin to the end user that the 3 is targeting. Sure, Musk is about the money, but it’s no more than most companies and also more driven to fund his next step project.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 1:54 pm to dewster
The Leaf is the industry leader. The new generation should catch up on technology
There's several hundred locally and no dealer.
There's several hundred locally and no dealer.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:05 pm to cajuncarguy
Does anyone want a semi that can go 500 miles then had to charge for 10 hours? I like the engineering effort, this kind of things only becomes practical with improved super capacitors that charged rapidly.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:01 pm to cajuncarguy
I understand the criticism for Musk on this board, and a lot of it is valid ....
but some people on both the OT and Politics board reach nuclear levels of melt whenever he is mentioned.
Musk is doing amazing things for America, and for humanity in general, and 100 years from now he will be lauded as one of the most influential human beings to have ever existed.
Sure, maybe he’s a little crazy, and Tesla isn’t doing as well as it should be, but you have to be to crazy to do the things he is doing.
Electric cars & semis, tunneling machines, hyperloop travel, reusable rocket delivery systems, colonies on Mars, artificial intelligence research, and brain interfaces ...
COME ON PEOPLE.
He’s leading us into the future.
but some people on both the OT and Politics board reach nuclear levels of melt whenever he is mentioned.
Musk is doing amazing things for America, and for humanity in general, and 100 years from now he will be lauded as one of the most influential human beings to have ever existed.
Sure, maybe he’s a little crazy, and Tesla isn’t doing as well as it should be, but you have to be to crazy to do the things he is doing.
Electric cars & semis, tunneling machines, hyperloop travel, reusable rocket delivery systems, colonies on Mars, artificial intelligence research, and brain interfaces ...
COME ON PEOPLE.
He’s leading us into the future.
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