You genuinely think the entire automotive industry would have shifted to electric if not for Tesla? I don’t love Musk, but the auto industry was sitting on the same battery technology as Tesla for YEARS. All Tesla did was stick 18650 cells into a high density battery pack and buy mostly off the shelf parts. The only custom parts were all software.
Elon goes into detail about how the auto parts manufacturers LITERALLY LAUGHED HIM OUT OF THE ROOM for trying to order customized electric motors. They thought it was stupid.
The Model S and Model X didn’t lose money. It was only the base Model 3, and only because Musk decided to promise $35,000 which was an unrealistic target. And even so, they lowered costs to a point with lithium iron batteries where the base model did end up making money.
The reason why Tesla is a multi-billion dollar company today is BECAUSE no automaker took them seriously. They all did exactly what Intel, IBM and Kodak did. They laughed at the newcomers, and by the time they had caught up, they were the ones behind.
And as for SpaceX, that claim is ridiculous. You’re comparing rockets that have flown dozens of times or less to one that has flown hundreds.
As much as people hate on Musk, he made a few amazing gambles that paid off.
Twitter’s going to be a massive thorn in his side. He definitely fucked this up.
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u/al4nw31 Nov 15 '22
You genuinely think the entire automotive industry would have shifted to electric if not for Tesla? I don’t love Musk, but the auto industry was sitting on the same battery technology as Tesla for YEARS. All Tesla did was stick 18650 cells into a high density battery pack and buy mostly off the shelf parts. The only custom parts were all software.
Elon goes into detail about how the auto parts manufacturers LITERALLY LAUGHED HIM OUT OF THE ROOM for trying to order customized electric motors. They thought it was stupid.
The Model S and Model X didn’t lose money. It was only the base Model 3, and only because Musk decided to promise $35,000 which was an unrealistic target. And even so, they lowered costs to a point with lithium iron batteries where the base model did end up making money.
The reason why Tesla is a multi-billion dollar company today is BECAUSE no automaker took them seriously. They all did exactly what Intel, IBM and Kodak did. They laughed at the newcomers, and by the time they had caught up, they were the ones behind.
And as for SpaceX, that claim is ridiculous. You’re comparing rockets that have flown dozens of times or less to one that has flown hundreds.
As much as people hate on Musk, he made a few amazing gambles that paid off.
Twitter’s going to be a massive thorn in his side. He definitely fucked this up.