Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s future on using self-driving fantasies to boost the share price instead of building a real car business. He just gutted the teams working on the Supercharger network (right as other companies are adopting it!) and new vehicles.
@parismarx the impact of gutting these teams shows up in what you don’t see…hitting goals on time. That’s what makes them so attractive because investors in Tesla don’t evaluate company based on the serious misses
@parismarx I’m really curious about the Supercharger cuts. Do we have any clarity on whether they’re going to continue to upgrade existing stations to the next generation of hardware? IMO this is an important question because with the win on the charging ports they obsoleted all other networks. But, some of them (eg Electrify America) can run significantly faster than the current Super standards.
Big Technoking Energy.
@jakemiller “Musk told workers that Tesla ‘will continue to build out some new Supercharger locations, where critical, and finish those currently under construction.’”
@parismarx This is batshit insane. Supercharger network is a nice little side business for them to be in, to guarantee some steady income over the years, but no. Why do people think he's smart again?