Mildly Interesting

I’m happy musk is out of politics, perhaps he learned some lesson. It’s possible. Then again I’d never stoop to find out what toxic filth he spews on Twitter, so whatever. He’s lost at least some of his stage.

But yeah I worry more about Tesla becoming a “robotics” company. I do have one of their vehicles that I want to continue to be supported for its lifetime.

…. And I find teslas are still by far the most compelling EV available in the US. I know I’ll get all sorts of grief for saying this, but there’s nothing else available in the US at their feature, price, and dare I say, quality? Maybe that would be different if we allowed a competitive market, or had legacy companies who want to survive, but that’s reality. Maybe it will be different in a few years if Rivian makes it to the big leagues with the R2, or if Lucid survives, or Slate is able to make a splash.

As the only compelling American manufacturer of EVs,we can’t afford for them to lose focus trying to invent humanoid robotics.

…. This used to be one of the benefits of incorporating. Let Tesla focus on cars. If you want to try humanoid robots, that should be a different corporation Insulating Tesla from that attempt