• Juice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    I’m expecting the company to go out of business and all of the cars to just brick.

    Might be a good move to figure out how to hack the software and/or reclaim the batteries for resale, might be kinda lucrative.

    On the other hand, if they do brick overnight it might be dangerous, and I hope Tesla demonstrates some responsibility to the lives and safety of their consumers. I don’t expect them to, but I hope so.

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      7 months ago

      Even if they don’t fail, knowing how to hack them, how to replace the Tesla computer with your own that functions without Tesla approval, how to make the car function without self driving that might lock up the tires at highway speeds… These are valuable skills to have.

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      7 months ago

      I’m expecting the company to go out of business and all of the cars to just brick.

      I agree that Tesla will not be able to maintain their current position, but currently Tesla is one of the most profitable car companies in the world. So chances they’ll go out of business anytime soon are very slim.
      That said I think they are currently about at their height, with a peek market recognition advantage in EV, earned from their first models where everybody else only made tiny lame city EVs with limited range. Now the competition is catching up and even sometimes surpassing Tesla, and the EV market is in a slump. This is a very different situation for Musk and Tesla to handle, and time will show how well they do that.