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Those are the exact same comments as people had on Tesla roughly 8 years back. There even was a whole website dedicated on the Tesla 'death clock', predicting when they would go bankrupt.

Only time will tell.

Jury is still out in Tesla, I suspect they will still go BK at some point and that’s probably the best thing that could happen to the car imo. They could take the best stuff and shed some of the debt and musk issues

This guy is not an ordinary walthy people who think he can success in one area so he can translate it to another. He actually succeed in way a lot area before jumping to auto making. I can't predict the result of this move but I'd say, he not that type of wealthy people.

Vingroup is a classic Asian conglomerate that is already varyingly successful in half a dozen fields ranging from retail to real estate and hospitals. The key challenge is whether they can make money outside their home market of Vietnam.

First, it is good PR.

Second, the Vietnam government probably subsidizes the company for exporting, even they just claim to do so.