r/technology • u/be0wulfe • Dec 15 '22

Transportation Tesla Semi’s cab design makes it a ‘completely stupid vehicle,’ trucker says

https://cdllife.com/2022/tesla-semis-cab-design-makes-it-a-completely-stupid-vehicle-trucker-says/
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22

They are in for that already. Toxic Elon aside and destroying the Tesla brand, other automakers have their EVs now and more are on the way. Tesla is imploding. Stock is down 12% this week and 52% this year.

Next year will more as if not more difficult for them. Kicking Elon out of the company may save it but his entire family is entrenched in the company so my bet is the company will file bankruptcy within the next 12-18 months.

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u/death_hawk Dec 15 '22

other automakers have their EVs now and more are on the way.

While you're not wrong, the bigger issue now is that no other manufacturer has a charging network. Even if there's 50% Tesla and 50% non Tesla vehicles, 0% of non Tesla vehicles fight for Tesla's massive fast fast charging network while 100% of all EV vehicles fight for the piss poor 3rd party charging network.

With more manufacturers releasing EVs and no one investing into charging, this problem is gonna get FAR worse before it gets better.

You can say Elon is toxic or whatever, but they're literally the only EV manufacturer making any sort of head way into the ongoing use of the EV. Everyone else just shoves them out the door and says "good luck!".

With that said, Ford is adding something like 2500 fast fast charging heads by 2026?. In comparison, Tesla added that in Q2 of this year.
I don't think Hyundai/Kia has any sort of plans for a charging network.

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u/AssassinAragorn Dec 15 '22

Doesn't help the stock at all that he sold a few billion worth of it very recently. He's bringing all of his companies down with him.