Hollywood Can't Ditch Its Teslas Fast Enough:"They're Destroying Their Leases.."
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I was rather hoping that this would at least attract the (stereotypically not interested in the environment) republicans, but apparently not.
People on twitter told Elon he was nuts the very first time he started toying with conservative ideas. Just jam that whole hand in your mouth and bite the wrist that feeds you. Great idea bud. He’s a fucking idiot for having not listened. Which any of his dozen children also could have told you.
Perhaps; certainly he would benefit from an anti-sycophant to tell him "no" and that he will listen to.
The article on the other hand is about that exact inversion happening in (parts of) Hollywood, showing that they care more about Elon's tweets than the environment. This indicates they care more about culture wars than science and technology.
the people in the article likely care more about elon's tweets and the environment than they do about buying tesla cars. i suspect they will prefer other electric vehicles.
Hilarious every way I turn it. The consequences of global warming are ever more clear, but for the time being cooler cars prevail. I’m not trying to moralize here, just pointing out that the reasoning here is very funny. If I ever catch you recycling plastic I’ll be sure it’s only because it involves cool technology.
Elon is literally the It-needs-to-be-pointy guy.
>According to Fergus, the character was inspired by an amalgam of real people — but none so much as Elon Musk. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/tony-stark-elon-musk...
I guess fiction is often cooler than reality.
And that's just the movies, the comics went way deeper.
Terrible take this time, I'm afraid.
Should Trump win, arguably Musk is helping him to win by providing a free speech platform, Trump is more likely to tariff Chinese competition.
Here's a Nio covering 891.4 km (554 miles) on a single charge with its 150 kWh battery pack:
https://insideevs.com/news/732567/nio-chinese-ev-range-test/
Here's a Nio doing a battery swap in 6 minutes:
outside of China, yes, they're probably a rare sight. in Chinese cities however, from what I saw, a double digit percentage of cars are their EVs - which is a lot of cars in a country with 1.5 billion people.
don't take my word for it, there are probably plenty of videos on youtube that show and discuss Chinese city roads.
Given their price and performance, I think we'll be seeing more of them in the future. The two downsides (that I was told of) are build quality (at the same level as tesla) and obsession with large screens (same as tesla).
Somewhat impeded by weak dealer networks, and dubious marketing (for a couple of years, ORA was trying to sell something called a Funky Cat, though they’ve recently rebranded it as something more boring) but they’re a thing.
There are some that are Tesla competitors, but it is widely believed (there is not enough evidence to show conclusively) that none of the Chinese manufacturers make money on selling EVs.
The situation is similar to that of Rivian or VW. The Rivian is a spectacular car but it is expensive to make that Rivian loses 10s of thousands everytime they sell a car. VW is also losing money on every EV they sell. If you buy one you're getting a good deal, but edging the company closer to bankruptcy at the same time. Buy the car avoid the stock.
BYD refuses to give financials on their pure EV profit numbers. They sell a ton of hybrids and ICE cars and eek out a very small profit. Anyone who pays attention to the space must ask themselves why they don't boast about their pure EV margins? It's likely because they are losing money.
Tesla on the other hand has positive gross margins on their cars and have since the day they started selling the Model S. That is the reason why the stock value is so high, because Tesla is the most efficient EV maker on earth by a significant margin. They can lower prices further than any competition and remain profitable.
Same for the Cybertruck
I know many people who have Tesla vehicles and think they are excellent products. However, Elon Musk's descent into mean, angry, offensive, lazy, factually incorrect and incoherent right-wing idiocy has made every one of us uncomfortable with continuing to support the company. Most of us are actively considering other, worse brands for our next car. Many people I know or have talked to won't even consider a Tesla now.
It's also no longer exciting to talk about the company or the products. It used to be exciting to talk about the future, electrification, technology. Now it's all mired in the muck of angry MAGA politics.
It's a real problem. I think Elon Musk is (was?) probably the best entrepreneur and businessperson since Steve Jobs, and his reputation has been permanently stained by his actions in the past couple years.
Unfortunately, I think the same brain thing - stubbornness, singlemindedness, grit - that made him able to build unusually incredible companies like Tesla and SpaceX are going to cause him to continue doubling down on his current self-destructive path.
Also, people make this exact argument a lot, but I have found that when they do they usually just agree with Elon's new politics. Do you?
They are also not much of a status symbol anymore, so they don't fulfill the attention seeking drive.
The Renault Scenic e-tech (maybe not sold in US?) also has a longer range than a Model Y and for less money. It seems generally pretty nice.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/scenic/357432/new-rena...
And in my opinion Porsche deserves second place.
But at price points well out of reach of most people.
[1] https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/clean-transp...
https://www.acea.auto/press-release/european-auto-industry-c...
See the Notes For Editors section: "The market decline is affecting many brands, including and beyond ACEA members, across the board (ACEA August car registration data)"
For me, Teslas have a number of what I consider design flaws, but which are sold as features.
I’m not sure how old your kid is, but you’re making something that is very simple in reality into something that is very complicated in your mind.
It’s a lever. People who don’t know to press the button pull it up all the time. It’s the most obvious thing in the world.
I will also add that “kid-proof catastrophic car crash back up door opening options” rarely rate high on make or break features for cars.
If anyone takes this concern seriously, I strongly recommend you take a test drive and check it out for yourself. There is a ton of FUD around teslas that largely seems to be spread by folks who have little or no actual experience with them.
I own a model y. It’s not perfect, but the imperfections are rarely the ones you read about on HN.
In the backseat of the model Y it's a wire, hidden in the door compartment under a mat and a piece of plastic you need to pick up with your fingernails.
Unless they've updated it since I was shown it a few years back. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PbRBbIGnv4
But front doors are easy enough.
Elon doesn’t give a shit about climate change. If he did, he wouldn’t be such an egregious polluter and opponent of public transit. Cards Against Humanity just sued him for what he did to their preserved land.
Musk's greatest strength is his biggest weakness: being a showman who grabs most of the limelight was critical to getting enough people, buyers and investors, interested in electric cars before the charger network was there; now all that is working against him (and all his companies), especially in the absence of a dedicated PR team.
Otherwise we can assume consent.
But when you are an employee, especially in current market conditions, you may be subject to working for companies you personally despise. I know I have.
Regular people have rent to pay and mouths to feed, they may not have the luxury of damaging their own well being to defy the retarded billionaire in charge.
Who exactly build the rockets?