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It's great to have the discussion back on topic. Tesla and drama are like, er, peas and carrots.
I agree re: Musk and his software background - this is the same thing as Edward Whitacre as CEO of GM. Management needs to know their product. Salesmen need to know their product. Maybe the chef at the cafeteria doesn't need to know the company's product, but there's no such thing as an effective manager that can be plugged n' played into any business like a USB dongle. Incidentally Whitacre is nearly 70 years old and has never used a computer. He probably calls his sofa a davenport. Perfect choice to breathe fresh air and take the company in a new direction.
Tesla's attitude is mirrored by lots of companies that burned bright and died fast. Their business model would be workable if they actually had the funding, but they don't seem to. Meanwhile other companies with much greater resources are striving to do the same thing. Each of them has a hundredfold more engineers than Tesla does, and they already have vehicle platforms of their own. Tesla was allowed to be in the position they're in because these companies dropped the ball on EV's. Watch what happens when they catch up over the next ten years.
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