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Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity by whatok on Monday August 26, 2019 @01:21PM (#20801738)
The number and magnitude of the failures are larger now than there were in the past. Similarly, look at the old SolarCity acquisition thread linked below. The sentiment is completely different.

No one cares about a great UI if people's roofs are catching fire. With all the positives and negatives weighed and accounted for, there is simply more negative things going on with the company right now than positive.

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Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity by Retric on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:32PM (#20803467)
I was more saying the Model 3’s terrible UI did not seem to be an issue.

As to success, quietly selling 1/3 as many Model 3’s as Toyota Camry’s is what success looks like. Nobody cheers for the 292,371 car to roll off the assembly plant. It’s simply boring and not really worth talking about outside of boardrooms and climate change projections.

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