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Love how the article completely ignores Tesla and doesn't even mention it, although it is also an american car maker
They deserve to be left out of the conversation. Nazi cunts
Definitely agree
Here they are:
Being a footnote of failure among ineffective US policy and the big 3 setting themselves up for international disaster feels appropriate.
I guess nazis need their EVs too
Cyberdumps were made just for them.
Last i heard they identified themselves as a robotics company so
thier own crappy AI is so bad, they lease out thier datacenters to other AI tech companies.
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
he is not even close to being out, hes planning on funding marine le penne, the german far right and the GOP.
He's not out of politics, he's just back to influencing and funding from the shadows. Further, tesla have to keep moving on to the next thing because elon's not selling cars, he's selling hopium. Tesla cars will not remain competitive against international rivals long term.
They aren't even competitive short term. Look at what a new Tesla costs in comparison to an EV from BYD. And Tesla always had pretty shoddy QA.
That's all before even counting the fact that if you buy a Tesla, you finance fascism.