Tesla dealerships are getting protested and, in some cases, vandalized. Sales are down on 9 of the top 10 countries Tesla sells in. Yet Tesla stock is up. Twitter is a cesspool of nazi-themed bots, and somehow just pulled in $1bn and raised its valuation back up to $44bn.

How is any of this possible? It seems really artificial to me, but I don’t really understand business.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      3 days ago

      He’s been saying “fully autonomous” by next year for literally like 10 years, lol. Short memories indeed.

      I believed in him since like 2001. I stopped believing in him by 2015.

      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
        1·
        18 hours ago

        He’s been saying “fully autonomous” by next year for literally like 10 years, lol. Short memories indeed.

        I just never heard that he announced it like 3 months from now! 🤣

        Isn’t it the same with the Jehovah’s witnesses announcing the end of the world in 3 years, then in 2, then in 1, and then… silence?

        But of course he will never be able to do that:

        Silence.

      • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        36·
        2 days ago

        to be fair what they’ve built is amazing, and good enough for 80-90% of the time. but it needs to be 99.9999% of the time and thats not this year. they will release something of course, and rely on remote human intervention, and many people will die. but the media wont mention it and the statistics will be buried, and when it rains or is foggy or too hot etc millions will all be stranded.

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          2 days ago

          What they’ve achieved is irrelevant. They’re never gonna achieve 99.999% with standard cameras + AI for decades. Elon can’t magically manifest the safety of Lidar through hopes and prayers; yet he believes he can, so the only logical conclusion is that he’s a complete fucking moron con artist, only skilled at separating people from their money.

          If you don’t understand this yet, print me out some examples of your best code, and email me a list of your top accomplishments from the last week!

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
          41·
          2 days ago

          The idea that many people will die in Tesla Autopilot accidents and the media won’t mention it is laughable.

          I hope that no one will die, but if they do, the media will be all over it. It’s way too high profile. He might be able to bury the statistics, since those are mostly under the control of the federal government.