Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim...
by vonmoltke on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:13PM
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> Of course, most of the revenue today is generated from selling cars. But we were talking about the value of the company.
You were talking about what Tesla is. Despite its aspirations, Tesla is a car company right now.
> I am not sure if your intention was to list companies that are much more than car companies?
That was my intention. The discussion was about how we can't compare Tesla to GM or Honda because Tesla "isn't a car company". My point is that those other companies are not either, and so that is not an argument to reject the comparisons out-of-hand.
You were talking about what Tesla is. Despite its aspirations, Tesla is a car company right now.
> I am not sure if your intention was to list companies that are much more than car companies?
That was my intention. The discussion was about how we can't compare Tesla to GM or Honda because Tesla "isn't a car company". My point is that those other companies are not either, and so that is not an argument to reject the comparisons out-of-hand.