▲ 629 ▼ Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it (www.autoblog.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 178 comments fedilink hide all child comments Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it::"They were like, 'You can't be serious.' They didn't want to have anything to do with it," Franz von Holzhausen said, according to Walter Isaacson.
[+] reddig33@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago They'll never oust him. If they do, they won't be able to ride Musk's reputation as an engineering and tech genius and they'll have to finally address all the issues plaguing Tesla (terrible service, unreliable build quality, various lawsuits) and I doubt they can afford to actually invest in those things and keep turning a profit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugartits@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago The sales of the Model Y are more than making up for any dud Tesla puts out right now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago They'll never oust him. If they do, they won't be able to ride Musk's reputation as an engineering and tech genius and they'll have to finally address all the issues plaguing Tesla (terrible service, unreliable build quality, various lawsuits) and I doubt they can afford to actually invest in those things and keep turning a profit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugartits@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago The sales of the Model Y are more than making up for any dud Tesla puts out right now. permalink fedilink source parent