• @GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    They are going down the toilet, because they are distracted. Look, they were the most reliable EV, and they were at the forefront of the EV revolution. They built the most robust and reliable charging network (one of the key reasons we went with Tesla over Hyundai or other options), and flipped the automotive retail marketplace on their head.

    But they also unfortunately have their hard work and progress overshadowed by a complete narcissistic manchild of a CEO. Who somehow controls the company with only 17% of shares held, who has a corrupt and compromised board on his side that will cater to his every little whims. A CEO who gets distracted, first with this Cybertruck nonsense, then X, then SpaceX, who then derails all innovation and future development with everyone focused on this autopilot distraction, and now all this. If I was a shareholder, I’d be furious. As a customer, I’m not sure I can rely on them anymore (could I ever?), so my future purchasing decisions will be made with that in mind.

    What goes up, must come down I guess. Sigh.

    • I don’t know whether they were ever the most reliable EV, I would maybe say they were the most established EV. The supercharger network is huge, and it’s maybe the only positive contribution that Tesla can say they’ve had on the landscape. Narcissistic sigma male wannabe aside, the goal of Tesla used to be to make a car that people would like, and now it’s ???.