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What’s hilariously tragic is that he could very likely have his full self-driving if he would just shut his shit-spewing asshole of a mouth for a hot second, and spend some of his ungodly billions on the problem.
There are incredibly bright people out there who can make this stuff a reality. But, it takes paying them well, not shit-talking or overruling them, and giving them the environment for success—e.g., not taking away the radar from the cars.
He just wants to talk a big game without spending any real effort or money on the problem. And, it’s just sad, because he could have his FSD and look like a genius.
The lidar drama is why Tesla without Musk could overtake global EV market, but they have him.
It may well be a matter of opinion whether Tesla, even operating at its highest potential, could now overtake the likes of BYD, which is getting extensive help from its government. But, it’s reasonably clear that Tesla’s chances get thinner with every bad decision of Musk’s.
He fucked with the engineering, chasing pennies on critical components, like the lidar. He fucked with the crown jewel of the company—its Supercharger network—by destroying the team, and thereby slowing down rollouts and critical maintenance. He ran his mouth off and chased away folks—like me—who would have otherwise bought, by espousing pants-on-head-crazy crypto-bro viewpoints. Hell, his idea of PR is a poop emoji auto-responder.
It’s just frustrating to see such a great concept—the ubiquitous electric car—be fucked up so badly by the person with the most means to succeed.
It is almost like he is not a genius and just has generational wealth.
I mean when was the last time "the person who knows the most about manufacturing in the world" spent all their free time doing drugs, posting on Twitter, and fucking his employees trying to pump out kid number thirteen.
There is a word for someone who fucks it all up but still is left holding the money. Conman, that is the word.
Don't forget about spending thousands of hours in Diablo 4. And now he's eyeing up Path of Exile 2.
Hard working my ass, he spends more time on Twitter than I do at work.