Even in F1 where they historically dominated they are a huge disappointment.

He’s creating jobs jobs jobs. Unfortunately they’re all in task forces in Washington.

I think the most tragic thing about Chrysler is that people like Ralph Giles have worked under such horrible management. Imagine what he could have done with proper resources:

You managed to buy 6 different Chrysler products in just over 10 years? How?

Your biggest hurdle will be getting to the interview. You’ll have to make a case with your resume that you know/love cars and you will be against a few hundred applicants.

I (engineer with auto industry experienced and a sub 3.0 GPA) interviewed at GM, FCA, and Ford in the last year. None of them asked my GPA at any point in the recruitment process.

One phenomenon I find hilarious about people in Detroit: They have no idea what a bad commute is.

Not sure about fresh grads but experienced engineers get hired direct at my side of the big 3 (unless they’re an H1B or some other rare case).

Prosecutor: “Maybe we’ll drop it from two to one point.”

Wow, that was a much more aggressively worded letter than I was expecting.

People buying a TDI Wagon are looking for a fuel efficient vehicle that has cargo space.

We had a bunch of those people at my last job. Those same people were convinced I had a 6 figure salary because I could afford to go on a couple vacations each year.

IMSA races Daytona in the rain using almost the entire oval. Why can’t NASCAR?

2.5 cars. They skipped a major portion of engineering on the roadster by buying a chassis from Lotus.

...you don’t understand how this works. The stock is already priced like they are a company near Ford’s level (look at the market cap) and they have yet to execute on much. They have a ton of risk going forward and little upside due to that valuation. Cliffs: You already missed the time to “get in early.”

400k refundable reservations while Ford sold 2.6 million vehicles last year. Tesla surely has less in assets and I doubt their tech justifies that valuation. I’d say it’s more likely that Wall Street hype has convinced some suckers that Tesla is the new hot thing (like GPRO, TWTR, or 100 other stocks).

They want production in July? No way in hell unless they make the business decision to sell the cars with problems known and unknown.

You also have to correlate your simulations to real world data. Considering this is only the 2nd or 3rd full car launch Tesla has done I think it’s pretty unlikely they have accurate virtual data.