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Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by j2bax on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:44PM (#25412559)
I have invested (read: gambled!) on and off in Tesla. The Elon factor concerns me as a long term investment. Do people think the company will continue to grow at the rate they are if something happens to him? Worries me to put so much faith in one guy, despite his insane accomplishments.
Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by mellow-lake-day on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:04PM (#25412706)
I don't think Elon will stick around long term at Tesla.

The goal for Tesla is to accelerate transition to electric vehicles. Once that is completed Elon will move on to another project similarly to when he transitioned from X.com/Paypal to something else.

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by clouddrover on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:51AM (#25414549)
> The goal for Tesla is to accelerate transition to electric vehicles.

If that were true then Tesla would open its chargers for use by all brands of EV.

Teslas can charge on all other charging networks. When will Tesla reciprocate?

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by idrae on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:20AM (#25414983)
I know what you're saying, but the fact they don't do this doesn't make the statement untrue.

Tesla's mission is (from their website): "Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy."

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by syrgian on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:18AM (#25415354)
You mean that's the mission the want to sell. I mean, can you tell me of even one company that states their mission is 'increase the share value'? Or even something close to that?
Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by pmulard on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:49PM (#25412989)
All signs point to SpaceX and his mission to Mars.
Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by gxon on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:32AM (#25414186)
Luckily, it seems like he's mostly abandoned the spectacularly stupid hyperloop idea.

More tunnels would be cool, but I find it hard to believe there's really that much room for improvement over established companies.

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by aembleton on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:46AM (#25415947)
Don't you the boring company?

I think the hyperloop is even more ludicrous given the technological problems involved in vacuum tubes. But I think Elon realises that which is why all he did is write a memo on it rather than create a company around it.

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by gxon on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:24PM (#25421138)
Yeah, I was referring to the hyperloop and the boring company as separate things.

I feel like the Boring company is what he settled on once it was made clear to him how monumentally stupid hundreds or thousands of miles of near vacuum tube would be in practice. Even if you could actually build a working prototype, it's hyper fragile and will just never be economically viable compared to other solutions.

Re:Tesla's market cap now accounts for roughly 1/3rd of the ... by rcxdude on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:17AM (#25415349)
I suspect a lot of Elon's companies would start to do better without him, TBH.