When people ask why I waste my time with this account, it is because of this. He is freaking dangerous.
I know I will not change anything by myself, but ... he is freaking dangerous.

I just wonder why in the world a publication that publishes this still has a link to Twitter, but not to their Threads account, or an account on Mastodon. Thoughts? @motherjonesmag

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/i-read-everything-elon-musk-posted-for-a-week-send-help/

#ElonMusk #Tesla #Tech #Twitter #X

I read everything Elon Musk posted for a week. Send help.

If your media diet looked like his, you’d be red-pilled too.

^{Mother Jones}

Swedish Tesla technicians “described increasing pressure to fix more cars in less time, which they said forced them to take shortcuts, skip breaks and stay late. They’d seen colleagues get fired for reasons that they said seemed arbitrary. Two said they’d spoken up about these issues and were deprived of raises as a result.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-29/tesla-strike-in-sweden-previews-elon-musk-playbook-for-us-unions

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #sweden #labor

Tesla Strike in Sweden Previews Elon Musk Playbook for US Unions

Elon Musk is locked in a stalemate with a group of Swedish technicians that’s lasted four times as long as the United Auto Workers strike.

^{Anders Melin (Bloomberg)}

Content warning: idiot almost loses a finger Reveal/hide

What better way to set your company up for success than to burn the bridges to your future employees?

#tesla #ev

“Tesla’s Interns Reportedly Feeling the Wrath of Elon Musk
Elon Musk's massive cost-cutting efforts at Tesla are hitting the company's summer intern class.”

https://gizmodo.com/tesla-interns-feeling-wrath-elon-musk-1851451465

Tesla’s Interns Reportedly Feeling the Wrath of Elon Musk

^{Maxwell Zeff (Gizmodo)}

OMG LOL.

#tesla https://hackers.town/@JoYo/112368948993695082

JoYo (@JoYo@hackers.town)

Attached: 1 image They’ll be in front of the brakes soon enough. https://www.theonion.com/tesla-lays-off-entire-team-behind-brakes-1851449223

^hackers.town

Elno’s mouth continues to do wonders for his companies. It also doesn’t help that their vehicle pipeline is basically dry with nothing new coming out.

“Registrations of Tesla’s electric vehicles in the Golden State fell 7.8% last quarter, according to data released Monday by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). That decline follows an even steeper 9.8% hit over the last three months of 2023, the association said.”

https://qz.com/tesla-ev-sales-decline-elon-musk-california-criticism-1851445535

#tesla #toyota #honda #california

Elon Musk's California bashing is costing Tesla sales

“Californians’ love affair" with Tesla may have peaked, a local dealers' association said

^{William Gavin (Quartz)}

Musk undercuts the Biden admin's EV charging initiative:

"Elon Musk has upended a deal the WH saluted early last year to open Tesla’s chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to Pres Biden’s EV agenda.

Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. He hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the co will slow the expansion of its charging network."

#Musk #Tesla #EV #EVCharging #GOPSabotage

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/musk-undercuts-tesla-chargers-biden-had-lauded-as-a-big-deal?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social

Elon Musk Cuts Tesla (TSLA) Supercharger Team, Dealing Blow to Biden’s EV Agenda

Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla Inc.’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.

^{Craig Trudell (Bloomberg)}

Musk hasn't revealed his plans after he cut Tesla's Supercharger Team. Ford thinks the EV station buildout will be fine, but GM is concerned:

"Elon Musk’s move to lay off the department responsible for Tesla’s electric vehicle chargers has touched off worries in the auto industry that EVs from other automakers will have trouble joining Tesla’s network."

#Musk #Tesla #EV #EVCharging
https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/elimination-of-teslas-charging-department-raises-worries-as-evs-from-other-automakers-join-network/

Elimination of Tesla's charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network - KOB.com

^{KOB TV}

#WompWomp

#Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-retreats-next-generation-gigacasting-manufacturing-process-2024-05-01/

This is truly one of the more baffling decisions I’ve seen in a long time. Tesla is a leader in charging infrastructure, to the degree that virtually every other carmaker is even adopting its standard.

Then Elon Musk laid off the entire Supercharger team.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145621/tesla-layoff-supercharger-ev-charging-nacs-elon-musk

#tesla #elonmusk #tech #cars #evs

Tesla layoffs hit Supercharger team just as it’s poised to take over EV charging

Tesla has laid off most of the employees who worked for the company’s EV charging teams, leaving many to wonder whether it was poised to lose ground on Superchargers.

^{Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)}

#WompWomp

#Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles + getting rid of public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

"Customers not turned off by #Musk's antics instead are losing interest w product lineup of 2 EVs that are ancient in car years (the Models S and X) & 2 EVs that are merely old (the Models 3 and Y)..Any other automaker would have 2nd-gen Model 3 ready to go either this yr or next, but at Tesla, the product pipeline is empty"
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

^{Ars Technica}

I could be a better CEO at half the $56 billion paycheck that he’s asking for. Hey #Tesla DM me, I’m open to take up the responsibilities of being CEO.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

^{Ars Technica}

Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s future on using self-driving fantasies to boost the share price instead of building a real car business. He just gutted the teams working on the Supercharger network (right as other companies are adopting it!) and new vehicles.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #evs #cars

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

^{Ars Technica}

#WompWomp

Bloomberg:

#SCOTUS rejected Elon #Musk’s appeal not to have an in-house lawyer pre-approve his social media posts about #Tesla

#TeslaAutopilot feature was involved in 13 #FatalCrashes, #US regulator says

Federal transportation agency finds #Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/26/tesla-autopilot-fatal-crash

Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigation

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving has been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths, according to a federal investigation published today.

“In total, NHTSA investigated 956 crashes, starting in January 2018 and extending all the way until August 2023,” reports @theverge. “Of those crashes, some of which involved other vehicles striking the Tesla vehicle, 29 people died. There were also 211 crashes in which ‘the frontal plane of the Tesla struck a vehicle or obstacle in its path.’ These crashes, which were often the most severe, resulted in 14 deaths and 49 injuries.”

https://flip.it/Qr4Zi3

#Tesla #AutoPilot #Cars #Tech

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths

NHTSA published its findings into crashes linked to Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD. The agency found that driver inattention and inadequate technology contributed to most of the incidents.

^{Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)}

🤷‍♀️ Whatyougonnado?

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

#ElonMusk #Tesla #Twitter #X #cybertruck #hoax

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-future-sales-decline-robotaxi-artificial-intelligence-b60696cb69d7735983abcf51aee7f743

I'm reminded of the trajectory of #BlackBerry. It wasn't a "device" company, it was a service, making money from its internet toll booth, it's patent portfolio, its servers.

When it fell, it was because of its device sales and plummeting share. Nothing else.

I hear similar narratives around #Tesla - its the chargers, the network, the patents.

Maybe Tesla's fortunes are tied more to vehicle sales than they would care to admit.

Don't believe the FUD.

Tesla's first-quarter net income tumbles 55%

Tesla’s first-quarter net income plummeted 55%, but its stock price surged in after-hours trading Tuesday as the company said it would move up production of new, more affordable vehicles. The company said it made $1.

^{TOM KRISHER (AP News)}

#Tesla’s Profit Fell 55%, Adding to Concerns About Its Strategy

The first-quarter results will very likely fuel worries that competitors will continue grabbing a bigger slice of a #market dealing with slowing #ElectricCar sales.

#ElonMusk #Musk #finance #investing #StockMarket #business #egomaniac #EV
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/business/tesla-earnings-first-quarter-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

#WompWomp

“#Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets - including in China and Germany - after price cuts in the United States - as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs), especially against cheaper Chinese EVs.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cuts-prices-across-its-line-up-china-2024-04-21/

The system previously known as FSD, now known as "just kidding FSD" is being adjusted down to $8k. In 2022 it was sold for $15k.

"Tesla CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly said that as FSD becomes more capable, it should also go up in price to reflect its greater value. Previously, FSD price increases were largely associated with software updates that added new capability to the system."

Winning!

https://electrek.co/2024/04/21/tesla-lowers-price-of-full-self-driving-to-8000-down-from-12000/

#Tesla #ElonMusk #Twitter #X

Tesla lowers price of ‘Full Self-Driving’ to $8,000, down from $12,000

The software, which CEO Elon Musk said would only get more expensive as it gets more capable, once cost as much as $15k.

^{Jameson Dow (Electrek)}

Total Recall

(Screenshot from ‘Total Recall’ below. It’s the dystopian Arnold Schwarzenegger film from 1990. Kinda funny since the cybertruck is facing a total recall right now 😂)

#RejectedCyberTruckNames
#HashTagGames
#CyberTruck #Tesla #Recall

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24134753/tesla-recall-cybertruck-faulty-accelerator-pedal-nhtsa-defect

Tesla has to recall every Cybertruck it’s shipped. There are only 3,878 of them.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/

#tesla #tech #cybertruck #cars

🤔🤨🧐 How did a carwash kill a #Cybertruck‽

Why is #Tesla not honoring the warranty‽

Does #ElonMusk realize how weak this makes Cybertruck look‽

👉🏾 Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash https://futurism.com/cybertruck-brick-car-wash

Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash

As one recent Tesla Cybertruck owner found out, even a car wash was able to defeat the 6,600-pound pickup.

^{Victor Tangermann (Futurism)}

#Tesla #Musk #cybertruck

Source: Spacemadness TV Facebook

Bulletproof? Maybe. Carwash proof? Nope.

Tough, very tough. 💪

#tesla #cybertruck

#Tesla #Cybertruck unintended vroom vroom of death.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1c4vvk8/the_build_quality_of_the_cybertruck_is_something/