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Elon Musk blames remote workers for Tesla's struggling car sales
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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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.
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...
Yeah you'll have to forgive me if I don't actually assume that Elon Musk was telling the truth, basically ever.
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.
If there's no competition then the worst brand is also the best brand. Hmm.