While he's not the only reason I will no longer consider a Tesla (when I once assumed one was inevitable in my future), every reason I do have traces back to him. The ONLY chance I have of changing my mind and buying one ever would come as a result of him being ousted and the company clearly refocusing to demonstrate…

I've had this conversation. My interest in Tesla would increase massively if they did so. Not merely due to his bigoted and unstable comments, but also due to how poorly he's managed to company itself. A removal would imply an effort to right the ship, and the company has history of being great. It could easily return…

There’s a lot of potential for what AI will do for us, but right now we’re very much in the phase of it being a buzzword everyone MUST include in everything they do or they’ll seem far behind everyone else who MUST cram it into their product. There is absolutely no point to it here. None. This is like the old trend of…

At least, with an EV, all the chargers latch.

So you want to solve my sometimes unreliable AA/CarPlay problems that drive me to occasionally use my phone by replacing it with a system that is guaranteed to not encompass all of the functionality my phone provides, thereby GUARANTEEING I have to occasionally rely on my phone? Because literally the only way this…

My wife talked me into going to my first one earlier this year at the Crypto.com arena in LA, and I had way more fun than I was expecting. And yeah, there were kids EVERYWHERE and it was super family and everyone had shirts and toys and stuff, and it was clearly just a great overall attitude. You could tell how much…

I used to do commissioned sales for a printer company on weekends, stationed at a very popular electronics chain. I did very well for myself overall, and stayed honest, but my sales skills absolutely came from manipulating the customer into the sale I wanted to make and away from the competition, which often meant…

Mine is how the pump takes forever to reset after a transaction problem. "See cashier, see cashier, see cashier." I don't need to see them. I know what went wrong and/or I know your stupid pump randomly decides there's a problem that there actually wasn't and the next time I try it will work. Instead of me standing…

Also in enterprise IT, and this is our daily reality. At least most of our CRMs know this and are there to then facilitate a demo and conversation with the actual engineers who can answer the actual questions, as they otherwise illicit a lot of blank stares.

I mean, as an IT guy, this is how I feel trying to buy almost ANY technology.

As a tech nerd, the “buy a performance car” advice hits home for me. We have our own versions of this, whether it’s recommending Linux, or a specific model of processor that’s mainly popular among gamers, or specific speeds of storage, or a variety of other specs that are REALLY important to a hardcore user, but range…

What an extremely shortsighted design.

I didn’t see anything in the article about flying in cargo, but may have missed it. Yes, they generally all require the dog be in the cabin now, and it has to be in a carrier when in the cabin. All of that seems compatible with the events of the story from what I can tell.

He KNOWS, deep down in his heart, that all of these people will surely applaud and cheer for him once they finally understand his grand vision of producing a... [checks notes] international... financial... superstore...? What... what even is that?

This. This is always the appeal. I don’t plan to drive it like an ICE, I plan to treat it like my phone: wake up every day to it full.

This. While I’d never say I was remotely a stan for him/them, I absolutely considered them the pinnacle of innovation, and him as a great innovator. He cultivated that image very well, and I was dazzled for a while. Now I won’t pump a dime into his businesses.

Most CEOs are quietly d***s, though. There’s a difference. We can safely assume they are, but Elon makes sure we don’t have to assume anything.

Yes, consumers’ opinions of a CEO absolutely affect their buying decisions. Without question. Tesla was an absolutely foregone conclusion for me as the obvious electric I’d buy due to their once perceived quality and their charging network. Even as their quality began to degrade, the ubiquity and the network made them…

Speaking exclusively for myself, I previously assumed me buying a Tesla when I’m finally in a place to own an electric, was a foregone conclusion. I’m in Los Angeles, and they’re basically the de facto standard, especially for readily available charging stations. Even if I didn’t like them, they’d be the seemingly…

The article we’re commenting on says they plan to seek full automobile certification. The LSV aspect is only for now.