>Musk is heavily involved in the engineering efforts at Tesla and SpaceX.
Is there any evidence of this, outside of him personally claiming this to be the case?
Is there any evidence of this, outside of him personally claiming this to be the case?
I'm too lazy to track down more right now. I don't know of anyone claiming (with evidence) that he doesn't.
In his biography there's interviews with people inside and out of spacex/tesla talking about it that are pretty convincing.
I already know the mythology surrounding his engineering credentials. But I think perpetuating it does a real disservice to the real engineers doing work on these products. Do people really think that a bright, "well read" physics undergraduate can lead the practical engineering work on rockets and cars? I find it hard to believe.
I'm sure Elon sticks himself into tons of meetings, and hence has a lot of knowledge about what's discussed. And I don't doubt that he sets the goals for the engineers to meet, makes aesthetic and design decisions like some of the interviews suggest. But I think the guys Mueller manages are the people who actually make Falcons fly.
Most people do not. Don't blame Musk for missing that memo. :P
(By the way: the book Mindset by Carol Dweck might be an eye-opener...)
Just look at the $35k Tesla that he pulled off by kicking out sales. A regular CEO wouldn't have done that. With all the chaos it has caused, Elon understands that at this point price is the most important part in the decision for buying a Tesla for lots of people, and paying sales just hinders selling.
You know that's reversed right? https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/03/11/tesla-puts-brakes...
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1121980_tesla-will-rais...
Can you do that without a tesla.com email address ?