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1. bpodgursky · 1790746032 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm not convinced Tesla's schizophrenic strategy is any worse than the strategy of the legacy American automakers, which is to sleepwalk directly into a volcano (when Chinese EV manufactures break into the market with $10k SUVs)

   1. lnsru · 1790747077 · focus · HN ↗

      Elon gambled with cybertruck and didn’t won. The winning strategy was to outcompete Chinese with smaller affordable vehicle. I would call it common sense strategy after all.

      1. riffraff · 1790747291 · focus · HN ↗

         The cybertruck was a disaster but I think the main issue is they didn't do any new model after that for almost a decade.

         Also, Musk getting into politics and alienating most of its consumer base, of course.

         1. zobzu · 1790747696 · focus · HN ↗

            the only mistake was politics.

            1. danny_codes · 1790781856 · focus · HN ↗

               Their original strategy to make a mass market Model 2 after Model 3 was good. 8 years ago I was eagerly awaiting its release.

               Then sometime around when the Ketamine began flowing the plan seems to have changed.

               So I would add ketamine to politics.

               What’s weird about all this is that the democrats were pretty pro-Tesla / pro-SpaceX before Elon Ketamized the Fed. And the democratic platform would have improved industrial policy via-a-vis renewables.

               We can only conclude that the Ketamine haze addled his brain and he simply ignores the advice of those around him.

               That a common failure mode

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