People blame lobbying for everything, but this is really how companies influence politicians. "We have 10,000 employees in your state. It would be a shame if anything happened to them."
Yeah, the lack of awareness in these comments is pretty entertaining.
"Tesla will teach those dealerships who have too much influence over the legislature a real lesson by holding that same legislature hostage to achieve their own selfish corporate goals."
Selfish? At least as long as Elon Musk is the CEO of the company, the main goal of Tesla is to transition transport to away from non-renewable resources. He was also explicitly asked that question by an actual shareholder in a shareholder conference, and the answer was something on that line.
Selfish? At least as long as Elon Musk is the CEO of the
company, the main goal of Tesla is to transition transport
to away from non-renewable resources. He was also
explicitly asked that question by an actual shareholder
in a shareholder conference, and the answer was something
on that line.
I'm a huge Tesla fan, I applaud what they're doing in a major way. That doesn't change the fact that they are a for-profit publicly traded company who has an independent board of directors. Their goal is to make money. They'll make more money if they can extract tax breaks from states for building their factory in the region. They'll make more money if the franchising dealership laws are overturned.
It may be a beneficial outcome for humanity, but the pursuits are still 'selfish' in the sense that it's not some public interest group influencing the legislature, it's a company that will directly profit from its influence.
Money is merely the resource you need to reach the goal. Note that this a Company we are talking about not some greedy individuals. A foolish company would have greed dictated in their private mission statement. Elon stated clearly what that is. Of course the company wants as much money as possible, that guarantees the best chance of success and the achievement of their goal.
You can believe Elon or not, but I think he is not lying about his plans. Simple listen to his reasons for forming SpaceX and Tesla, and how much of his personal wealth did he spent to achieve it.( everything at one point )
Not yet, but eventually it will be. The battery pack cases could be SLS assembled (laser sintered) to exacting specifications. Pack disassembly could be automated. Not quite sure on raw material->cell construction though. I'll have to research that process and see if FANUC robotics has anything that would fit the bill for that sort of work
It's fairly unlikely that it'll ever be robots all the way down. If it's not instrumented it can't be measured by automated systems and you can't instrument everything. Management is unlikely to be replaced by robots in the short and mid term.
