At this point, Tesla has awoken the giants to the need to transition to electric vehicles (EVs). They are slowly coming around due to competitive pressures. But all that being true, we need to drastically accelerate the rate of transition away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles (gas and diesel … [continued]
Preface: I first published this article in March 2018. A recent tweet highlighting a 2014 interview with Elon Musk reminded me of it, and since the piece is as relevant today as ever, I’m reposting it below with only minor changes. Enjoy!
Editor’s note: Matt Pressman is one of the coolest, sweetest, best guys I know. And he’s also a great dad. So I’d like to send him a happy Father’s Day as a preface to his article.
Renowned Tesla bear Bob Lutz has recently sung praises of the build quality of Tesla’s vehicles, saying of a Model 3 that he inspected, “not only was the paint without any discernible flaw, but the various panels formed a body of precision that was beyond reproach.”
In this article, I’ll go over the 4 real reasons to buy a Tesla now. The fifth one is just that they are fun to drive and who wants to wait? In summary, those 4 reasons are:
Illusions are realities for those who have them. When you try to convince those having them that they are illusions, they try to convince you that they are the realists.
As reported here and here, there was a lot of information presented at the 2019 Tesla annual shareholder meeting. And although there were a lot of small details covered and hints given about the future, there wasn’t any earth-shattering news. In my summary, I noted they didn’t “let the cat out of the bag.” But I didn’t really know what the cat was, so I didn’t comment.
At Tesla’s Shareholder Meeting, Elon Musk said the company’s pickup truck will look “cyberpunk” like it’s come from a “sci-fi movie.” He added, “We’re trying to create something new and it’s not just basically a copy of the form factor of everything else … I think it’s the coolest car I’ve ever seen.”
Elon Musk appeared today at E3 (a video game conference) in a talk with Todd Howard and Geoff Keighley. While a lot of the conversation was about games and science topics, like faster than light travel and dark matter, some of it was about Tesla. Elon also answered some very interesting general questions.
Tesla is pushing to level up its Mobile Service offerings yet again, according to CEO Elon Musk at the company’s annual shareholder meeting last night. Musk said that the company is working to add even more capability to its mobile repair fleet, including the ability to change out bumpers.
