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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by jaimex2 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:35PM (#13710301)
The superhero status has nothing to do with it.

Tesla is reaping the rewards for making a good EV and backing it with the right infrastructure, its not rocket science.

If the motor industry had actually not made a half bothered attempt at EVs and actually tried to innovate they would have had similar success.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by tokipin on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @11:20PM (#13711596)
exactly, people are reversing cause and effect here. first Tesla made desirable cars, then people started fanboying Musk. See this Google trends for Elon Musk searches:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=elon%20m...

Which only started picking up after the Model S was released and started getting great reviews.

The idea that Musk is a "master salesman" or whatever is pretty dumb if you watch any of his interviews. He's definitely good at business, but his fame has been fueled by his achievements alone.

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by shanemhansen on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:26PM (#13710576)
> its not rocket science.

They have that too!

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