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Originally Posted by Xist
Redpoint, Tesla is doing great on it's own?
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Elon is an entrepreneur and has re-imagined many facets of the automotive industry. When you try to do so many new things, some of those things are bound to fail, or at least be sub-optimal. I believe the expert critics that say the body is not well engineered. That's a solvable problem. Tesla is also doing direct to customer sales and cutting out the dealership model and price haggling. This seems to be the way of the future to me.
Car salesmen seem like real estate buyers agents to me. You walk into a room that has a sink, a range, cupboards, and a refrigerator, and they say "now this is the kitchen", as if we wouldn't be able to figure that out without being told. The car salesman says "now this is what the car looks like in red", and proceeds to read the list of features found on the window sticker.
Elon said his car company would probably fail, and I give him a 50/50 chance, or perhaps slightly better. Regardless, the ideas put forth will remain and shape how business is done going forward.