cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/16752258

At this rate, he’s gonna crash the whole company.

136 points

well well well

it seems that the literal opposite of “go woke go broke” is what’s actually true.

Funny how this shit keeps happening

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72 points

that whole movement is so funny to me, like they tried to move to a different beer after bud light did a harmless advertisement and their replacement WAS FROM THE SAME PARENT COMPANY

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3 points

I mean that’s just AB InBev working as intended. I walk into my local food lion and the only beers I know or suspect aren’t AB InBev are Yeungling or the five local microbreweries that only make IPAs.

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60 points

Go fash, lose cash

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7 points

YESSS

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45 points

Who could’ve known that pandering exclusively to broke rednecks and Russian bot farms was a bad business idea?

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It’s a conundrum wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in an eggroll served as a happy ending at a shady massage parlor totally opaque to the comprehension of all mortal minds except literally everyone with more than half a brain!! XD

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6 points

Actually it would still be lucrative as hell if Russia hadn’t started an invasion and gotten themselves sanctioned to hell. A bit harder to get those bribe payments out when no one takes your money any more!

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Nah, genius move. Here’s a few billion dollars bonus of our shrinking profits from the next decade or so, so you don’t lose motivation. - half brain dead Tesla board.

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4 points

The board suggested a vote in favor but it’s the investors who voted in the end

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The government should cut out their subsidy for Tesla EVs to the tune of the pay increase. Send a message to greedy CEOs to not steal government subsidies for themselves.

Also send a message to the corrupt majority shareholders who voted yes to an absurd pay package. You can bet they get a private call before any major Tesla announcements to get ahead thanks to those votes.

He’d lose all his performance bonuses from the sales cut and the shareholders would want him gone asap.

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12 points

The deep state is obviously preventing upstanding conservatives from being successful!

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11 points

He just forgot the “or” in the middle of that phrase

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6 points

But Mike Lindell is doing great!!

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90 points

I will never buy a Tesla. Ever. I would buy an EV, sure, but never a Tesla.

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25 points

I could afford to get one and I would like to have an EV but I will not buy a Tesla also. The Twitter douche is part of my reasoning but also Tesla cars are THE WORST in regard to privacy as they collect a shit ton of data and upload it all the time. Mozilla rated Tesla at the very bottom of their chart of “from Bad to Worst” ranking cars on privacy.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

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7 points

I mean it’s also a trash car with terrible UX design which should be your main issue with it, data collection doesn’t matter when you crash your car because you need a touch screen for everything.

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21 points

If someone gave me a Tesla, I’d sell it for cash to a teenager.

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23 points

What, you hate teenagers or something?

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4 points

They’re way too fast and heavy for a teenager. Scrap them for parts and EV convert a classic car that deserves to live on.

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1 point

It would have to pull a Craftsman. “Same logo, same market segment, not even a little bit of the actual former company.”

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43 points

And the tesla market share dropped below 50% in the US EV market.

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38 points

Kia and Volkswagen are massively eating away at the Tesla share, because under Musk’s leadership, Tesla doesn’t have a Unique Selling Point any more. Other networks are catching up in terms of charging speed and even then Tesla sell access. Their other USP was FSD and Musk isn’t investing enough in it. All this while his products are taking a hit due to his public image. What’s crazy though, if he delivered the new Roadster or the Truck, he would’ve increased market-share.

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6 points

The truck was never going to increase market share, it’s too divisive, dangerous, and poorly built. Plus slow and expensive to build (even to the low quality standards Tesla is becoming infamous for).

The sports cars is for who exactly? Those don’t increase market share, it’s just a prestige car. Also a big part of the sports car market wants sound, and doesn’t drive them daily either. When it’s a weekend toy, so being electrified has a smaller positive impact, and likely will never even out the material production pollution vs usage pollution.

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6 points

What if the truck was “normal”? I mean, for now, they’re still selling a lot of the low poly ones, but something sized like a Ranger/Colorado or Maverick and styled more like the R1T seems like a way smarter move for them.

Imagine an alternate history where he never bought Twitter or started a SuperPAC and Tesla made a normal truck, the new Roadster, and was close to releasing the Model 2.

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26 points

Probably has a lot to do with mainstream car makers catching up, although Musk is definitely becoming a liability to the company.

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35 points

I think that’s the biggest part. Tesla gained it’s huge market share by having the right product at the right time with the right company image. Tesla should have been focusing on fixing their quality issues, and should have either booted Musk or chained a PR person to his side. Instead they put out the Cybertruck, which is divisive at best, and have a CEO who seems to be doing everything he can to destroy the good will of their core market.

It was inevitable that the mainstream manufacturers would catch up.

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16 points

Yeah, they wasted time on cars like the Model X, semi and Cybertruck, all needlessly complicated vanity projects that took resources away from the Model 3 and possibly a Model 2. Not to mention the FSD that’s been 2 years away for like a decade now.

If they stuck to their initial roadmap they would probably be in a way better position, although without Musk I don’t know if they would’ve been able to juice the stock the way they have now. His cult is basically keeping the stock price irrationality high.

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10 points

Seeing a lot of ev6/9 and ionics around me lately. Hyundai/Kia picked a really good time to expand their lineup.

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40 points

well, your CEO told me to go fuck myself so I’m kinda busy doing just that to go buying your stainless coffin on wheels.

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35 points

And Tesla shareholders just gave Musk a $56 billion bonus. Money well spent!

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