02-26-2023, 09:27 PM
Tiangou wrote:
I think there's another big part of the puzzle here:
The fans have their Teslas.
Now, Tesla needs to find a way to bring average folks into the fold to continue to enjoy the same growth.
But Musk draws attention to their failures more than their successes. He's becoming a massive liability. (And this is not unusual.)
Most people don't want to drive a deadly autonomous robot programmed from afar on the whims of a madman to work or to their kids' baseball games. They want a car that makes their commute easier, more comfortable, and safer for their family. They want to buy from someone who is going to ensure quality and provide fast, reasonably-priced after-sales service.
They don't want a car from a company with an absentee CEO making sex jokes on Twitter and antagonizing regulatory agencies, nor a car that takes a month to schedule a basic service-appointment or a year to get a simple body-repair done.
I kinda wish this were true, but when talking to most people, they seem oblivious to Musk and his antics. It appears Tesla is not having a problem selling their cars or growing their business. I think in the end, for most people all they care about is price.