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Elon Musk blames remote workers for Tesla's struggling car sales::Tesla reported weaker-than-expected earnings Oct. 18.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Funny how people find other reasons why but no one mentions the fact that the market did exactly what Musk wanted it to do and other manufacturers started producing EV cars so Tesla isn't alone in the game anymore and it's much easier to find dealers for well established brands. Heck, I live in a city with a dealer of every brands (even Volvo) except Tesla, the closest place to get one maintained is 200km away!

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Except that's not what he actually wanted to do. Musk's direction of Tesla was absolutely not with the specific intention of getting other brands to move into his market segment, and then completely outcompete him. Whether by virtue of the other brands having high quality standards, or Tesla's shitty quality lowering the bar so much that nobody else could be worse, Tesla being the worst EV brand was not the plan.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I'm 99% sure that that's what he was saying way back when, that the future was electric cars and since the other manufacturers weren't going to start making them without an incentive, he decided to "do it himself" to give them one and he would gladly leave the market once his involvement wasn't necessary anymore... But that was back 15 years ago so pretty hard to find any sources for what I remember from back then...

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah you'll have to forgive me if I don't actually assume that Elon Musk was telling the truth, basically ever.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Even if he did say that his intentions weren't that. He 100% definitely didn't intend to build up a brand then just, like, quit when he got done competition. That's not how hoarder billionaires operate. Except for Twitter, I guess, but I'm also pretty convinced he was directed to destroy that's and was probably paid to do so.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

If there's no competition then the worst brand is also the best brand. Hmm.

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