True, but solving those issues would require an actually competent and attentive CEO and actually competent employees below him.

Or Semi reservation holders?

You mean the Roadster deposit holders that paid 100% of the cost of the car? They already collected their money and are on to the next pump.

2 seats or 20... seems appropriate.

I get that companies must innovate and release concepts and be very forward-looking.

Is it just me or does a 2 seat, 2 door cab sound really fucking stupid?

Everything about this makes no sense. That is a terrible form for a taxi - two seater.

By the way, that AI generated “van” thing was fed this train (art deco streamliner):

I agree 100%. I actually think the “robovan” is probably the vehicle that makes the most sense. A robotaxi doesn’t really solve any problems. Musk opened the event with all this talk about traffic and getting around in LA but automated taxis don’t fix that - they only contribute to the problem of high density traffic.…

So the design was made by telling Adobe’s AI to make a car that looks like a mashup of a Model 3 and a Cybertruck?  Cool.  Cool cool cool.

They started the even almost 45 minutes late, the livestream was choppy even on HIS OWN PLATFORM, the production values were pretty bad (camera angles, cuts, choice of shots, etc.). And that’s before we talk about Elon being a horrible, horrible presenter, and a strange, strange human (?) being.

“I can see the RoboVan being used in the Boring Company’s tunnels in Vegas and other geofenced mass-transit roles, but the CyberCab/RoboTaxi is years away from actual use.”

This event was so weird. It was amateurish with awkward pauses, off-topic visuals, a complete absence of anything new or specific, and wild promises based on nothing, including how Optimus will cause “everyone to have everything.” Positively Trumpian. They rolled out some prototypes capable of trundling slowly around…

Elon thinks everyone in the world will have 1-2 Optimus robots, as in literally, he said he plans to sell as many Optimuses as there are people in the world.

“His vision is lovely, but somebody has to actualize it,” said Ross Gerber, a Tesla shareholder and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. “For now, for the next 24 months, Tesla has to sell EVs. Why aren’t we focused on that?”

First Gear: Anyone who watched last night’s Tesla event and is an investor should be concerned. From the delayed event kickoff to the poor production values, to the ridiculous claims, it all screams low-rent high-grift. I cannot fathom for me how investors can take him seriously with all his bloviating and “corporate…

first suspect: Carlos Ghosn

Now I can't unsee that!

Remember when Obama was inaugurated? Ram had already been building the truck currently known as the Ram 1500 Classic for several months before he was even sworn in. It isn’t just old — it’s old old.

I doubt many of them are smug. They have their own worries around getting a charge somewhere. A full charge in most EVs might get you to GA, assuming you don’t run the A/C. But the problem is the part of GA where you’re going to be stopping for a charge is also experiencing flooding.