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I love your counter-argument: "this guy landed rockets, so he will make happen whatever" :D Oook...look I'm cheering for this but then there is this thing call

by simo7 10y ago

I love your counter-argument: "this guy landed rockets, so he will make happen whatever" :D Oook...look I'm cheering for this but then there is this thing called "reality". And I'm not even say it won't happen, but I'm doubting whether it will be sustainable in terms of the obligation a company has with its shareholders. Producing so many cars requires crazy amount of capital and that capital will yield very little on this model...and yes on top of it competition will come...can Tesla be a sustainably profitable company pursuing this strategy? That's my question.

aerovistae 10y ago
When you put it that way it sounds fairly reasonable. Nonetheless I firmly believe the answer is yes, since the alternative means Musk has failed in his mission to move the world over to electric transport, and I have a hard time picturing him failing in that fashion. I just find it incredibly hard to picture Musk in 2025 during an interview "Yes, we failed with Tesla because...etc etc, achieved an incredible amount of progress in 12 years but ultimately were unable to etc etc" Like, he'd rather be homeless on the street than let the company fail. He'll give up his last penny for it. I know you consider this irrelevant, but I simply don't. His track record is too strong to ignore.