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Zink ,

Don’t threaten me with a good time!

(Not a Tesla shareholder tho)

Burn_The_Right ,

warned

Warned or promised? Don’t threaten shareholders with a good time.

danc4498 ,

Call his bluff!

RozhkiNozhki ,
@RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world avatar

Do eeeeet!

masquenox ,

So that’s what they pay the most irrelevant person in the company?

Perfectly fine and rational economic system we’ve got going here…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Like most CEOs, Musk’s job isn’t really to do things. His job is to weedle tax incentives, private investment, and low interest loans out of his network of rich friends.

He’s been incredibly successful at it. And that’s what makes Tesla valuable as a brand. The US government will pay you a cool $7500 to buy a brand new $80k cybertruck. Meanwhile, Chinese EVs are taxed at 100% of their sticker price.

PrimeMinisterKeyes ,

And let’s not forget politics. When you’re golf buddies with the right politicians, winning those extremely lucrative public tenders will become a cakewalk.

volodya_ilich ,

Musk is abso-fucking-lutely NOT responsible for the tax incentives, private investment or low interest loans that Tesla got, he’s only been good as an eccentric personality to convince investors that he’s the best and full self driving will be a thing the following year… For the past 7 years.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Musk is abso-fucking-lutely NOT responsible for the tax incentives, private investment or low interest loans that Tesla got

He has wormed his way into a number of national economic advisory boards under both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. His close relationship with Peter Thiel and Catherine Duddy Wood has afforded him a number of opportunities to access investor cash at below-market rates. And he’s spent a fortune on lobbyists at both the state and federal level to influence public tax incentives, grants, loans, and bailouts.

he’s only been good as an eccentric personality

The reason he’s in the public eye is thanks to his extensive investment in PR and advertising. He’s one of the original Silicon Valley moneyballers, having determined that a small kickback to the tech media can reap enormous windfalls of retail investment cash and publicly approved state spending.

bamfic ,

thiel hates him

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Not so much that he doesn’t still invest with him

TransplantedSconie ,

does another bump of ketamine

“Wait, I’m staying.”

does another

“Nah. I’m gone.”

does another

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

I always pictured him drinking Grime’s piss to get high.

mp3 ,
@mp3@lemmy.ca avatar

“Yeaaaah I’m gone”

passes out, shits himself

Lost_My_Mind ,

Will I stay or will I go now?

Honytawk ,

If I go there will be trouble (for Musk)

And if I stay it will be double (for Tesla)

prole ,

Why does ketamine have to be catching strays just because this one douchebag uses it

TransplantedSconie ,

Because it’s what gives Wish Version Iron Man his power.

skozzii ,

The stock will go through the roof if he goes…It’ll drop at first as the fanboys bail, but then institution’s will have faith again and invest and it will pop off when he stops kneecapping the company.

CaptSneeze , (edited )

I don’t know enough to have my own solid thoughts on this, but people I trust and know more than me have all said that Tesla is wildly over valued compared with any other auto makers and considering their P to E. Considering that, I’ve been thinking that once the Musk distortion field goes away, the price may just drop down to where it “should be” by normal standards.

My heart agrees with what you’ve said, implying that musk is actually holding back the price at this point, but my brain says that might not actually be true.

ashok36 ,

I think the rebound would wait until a new leader was named and would depend on who that is.

some_guy ,

Please let him go.

Jumpingspiderman ,

Man, Tesla and the shareholders should take this opportunity to tell Phony Starck to not the the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Tesla would be so much better off without this spoiled nepobaby.

MyOpinion , (edited )

The best thing for Tesla would be to dump Elon and move its headquarters back to CA. It needs to rekindle the love with its customers. Also Apple could buy Tesla and the world would go nuts.

skuzz ,

Also Apple could buy Tesla and the world would go nuts.

People thought Teslas were overpriced before, imagine the valueless Apple upcharge!

SkyezOpen ,

Yeah but apple has iBags that deploy in an accident to protect the passengers, and the patented iWheel allows the front tires to turn 35 degrees in either direction.

AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

It deploys to protect any passenger with a paired iphone app. Other passengers will get a coupon to upgrade.

skuzz ,

Either?! Throws life savings at product

Specal ,

Imagine the size of the lightning port

Crampon ,

Latest update. You won’t be able to adjust seats, mirrors or steering wheel. Apple knows best how they should be set. Customers are too stupid to do it apparently.

InternetUser2012 ,

Would you like to adjust your seat? How about your mirrors? For only $35.00 per month for seat adjustment and only an additional $10.00 per month to adjust mirrors and you can adjust them yourself 10 times per day!!! A deal too good to be true, hurry and talk to AI agent today!

skuzz ,

Steve Jobs AI CEO Hologram: “you’re driving it wrong!”

expr ,

Honestly it would probably require a full rebrand at this point. Tesla as a brand is too tainted now.

Masamune ,

Elon, sometime soon: “I’ve got a great idea! We’re renaming Tesla to ‘E’! Let’s go, bros!”

model_tar_gz ,

X

Jarix ,

Ford Pinto

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

Apple buying Tesla would be kinda crazy, might turn out good since Teslas are basically computers with wheels. But the two companies design way differently than each other, I doubt Tesla is as good of craftsmanship as what Apple typically does, and may sully their brand unless they can find a cost effective way to turn out a better product for similar pricing

I could see Microsoft making more sense between it or Apple. Tesla could give them that “sexy” edge they’ve literally never had before and that Apple’s always had going for them. But there are tons of legal issues and regulations with the automotive industry, idk if they will want to.

Other interesting options would be NVIDIA or Alphabet, they have the spare capital for it but again, weird industry for them to get into. Likely Toyota or Ford etc would buy before a tech company imo.

sudo42 ,

I doubt Tesla is as good of craftsmanship as what Apple typically does

If you want to maintain that feeling, don’t ever buy Beats headphones. I’ve had a few and their build quality is worse than Teslas.

So Apple has bought at least one crummy brand and not corrected build issues.

kayos ,

I think alphabet have a good partnership with jaguar. They would have to redesign to bring in line with Waymo. The bones are there though.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

I mean, for the last 10 years Apple have been running their own autonomous vehicle project, only to be cancelled this year.

So, they’re in a good place to buy Tesla now.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_car_project

assassin_aragorn ,

It’s typically a bad idea in negotiations to say “the thing you want to happen will happen if you don’t do what I want!”

skozzii ,

Il run tesla for half that, and by simply doing nothing I will do a much better job than Musk.

TheReturnOfPEB ,

A.I. can have his job.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Elon Musk: “Give me $56B or I quit”

AI CEO: “I’ll do the job for a pizza covered in glue”

WhatIsThePointAnyway ,

He’s clearly too distracted by his new found social troll celebrity. He’s not been doing Tesla any favors in recent years. Better he get removed at this point.

jeffw OP ,

Ok but hear me out. We could also pay him $56 billion

Lucidlethargy ,

Ditch him along with his stupid truck and maybe the company will be appealing again.

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