by leto_ii on 10/30/24, 6:54 PM with 122 comments
by linkgoron on 10/30/24, 8:07 PM
Is it better than a Tesla? Probably not - there are clearly places in the software where I know that Teslas are more polished (e.g. the "360" parking view which IMO could be a bit better, although I feel like I'm parking in gta 2), and the acceleration won't blow your socks off. However, they're much cheaper and it's a good family car (for us) - definitely for the price.
by Etheryte on 10/30/24, 7:01 PM
by leto_ii on 10/30/24, 6:54 PM
by hevt on 10/30/24, 8:31 PM
by daedrdev on 10/30/24, 7:50 PM
by kachurovskiy on 10/30/24, 8:10 PM
Their software game is also quite lacking but I was ready to cut them some slack there due to their superior battery tech.
by jmclnx on 10/30/24, 7:59 PM
Right now seems most of his customers may be from people concerned about the environment and/or Climate Change. As time goes on, that will probably change.
There is a reason heads and owners of Companies try and stay out of politics.
by Simulacra on 10/30/24, 10:39 PM
by tim333 on 10/31/24, 3:52 PM
I've followed them since 2008 when Berkshire Hathaway took a stake.
Here's the founder on why he still lives in a company flat with the other workers
> 6:34 I'm just an ordinary engineer and due to work requirements I became the chairman of this company but after work we're all equal we live and talk together this is our culture. https://youtu.be/oBdDIuYcpGQ
Although he's probably being modest. Charlie Munger thought he was like a new Edison (mentioned jokingly 3 mins in here with Charlie Warren and BillG https://youtu.be/rZ9AooeFe9E)
Tesla used to be cool when Musk was focused on engineering. It's a bit of a pity he's switched to prancing around on stage with Trump.
by churchill on 10/30/24, 11:25 PM
Whenever competitors showed up, they laughed at them, before panicking when those upstarts starting challenging their market dominance. It happened with Japan, Korea, and now China. And in other industries, e.g., solar, nuclear power, etc.
So, if you feel China competes unfairly, close off your markets. Countries without a local auto industry (large swathes of Asia, Latin America, the admittedly tiny African market) will accept Chinese EVs readily and it will give them time and experience to perfect their designs and business model. BYD & co. will then snatch American & EU automakers' foreign markets before they come home to swallow you alive by building factories in low-cost gateway countries like Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Mexico, & Brazil.
Basically, the Toyota cycle will repeat itself because Western (esp. American) automakers spent hundreds of billions on share buybacks instead of R&D.
PS: Wrote this as a reply to another comment, but I feel it needs to stand alone.