▲ 264 ▼ Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a 'material adverse impact on our business' (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/technology@beehaw.org 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 42 points 2 years ago (1 child) If the truth about your business hurts your business, you don’t have a good business. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Are you seriously suggesting that a company (tesla) that does 50 billion in sales is NOT worth three times the value a company that does 250 billion (toyota)? The Tesla valuation is such a fucking joke. They are a "bigger" company that Toyota, Honda, or Ford despite not even doing a fraction of their outright sales, and likely making less on every single one of those sales. Their only advantage is that they were making electric cars before it made economic sense to make them. Now that everyone else is jumping in they are going to die on the vine because people can get a real EV that costs half of a Tesla and actually works. Tesla DID have a chance of leveraging their early market presence by either introducing a higher quality or cheaper vehicle that could compete with their new competitors. Their existing presence could have captured enough of the market to stand against them if they had a product that was in the same league. Instead they made the fucking Cybertruck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, so it’s a bad company, like I said. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) You were today years old when you first encountered sarcasm on the internet, apparently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What’s a sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* Wait, what? Your comment doesn't read like sarcasm at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Are you seriously suggesting that a company (tesla) that does 50 billion in sales is NOT worth three times the value a company that does 250 billion (toyota)? The Tesla valuation is such a fucking joke. They are a "bigger" company that Toyota, Honda, or Ford despite not even doing a fraction of their outright sales, and likely making less on every single one of those sales. Their only advantage is that they were making electric cars before it made economic sense to make them. Now that everyone else is jumping in they are going to die on the vine because people can get a real EV that costs half of a Tesla and actually works. Tesla DID have a chance of leveraging their early market presence by either introducing a higher quality or cheaper vehicle that could compete with their new competitors. Their existing presence could have captured enough of the market to stand against them if they had a product that was in the same league. Instead they made the fucking Cybertruck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, so it’s a bad company, like I said. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) You were today years old when you first encountered sarcasm on the internet, apparently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What’s a sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* Wait, what? Your comment doesn't read like sarcasm at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right, so it’s a bad company, like I said. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) You were today years old when you first encountered sarcasm on the internet, apparently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What’s a sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* Wait, what? Your comment doesn't read like sarcasm at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) You were today years old when you first encountered sarcasm on the internet, apparently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What’s a sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* Wait, what? Your comment doesn't read like sarcasm at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b0rlax@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) What’s a sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] java@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago Socially acceptable way to be toxic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* Wait, what? Your comment doesn't read like sarcasm at all. permalink fedilink source parent