• baggachipz
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    21 hours ago

    “Topped” = selling more cars than last year, even though it’s a pittance, while Tesla continues to step in its own dick repeatedly.

  • ditty@lemm.ee
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    Reading this post title was the first time my brain defaulted to the sexual connotation of “topped” at first 🤦

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    Was it a hundred year head start and a near century-long monopoly on one of the most expensive products sold to the richest nation in the world?

    Not that they didn’t blow it all and need to be bailed out by the same taxpayers they’d been fleecing for decades. Still. Should count for something.

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      Still, if Tesla hadn’t gotten themselves distracted with the cybertruck and model X, they could’ve been further ahead. Plus, their CEO isn’t helping with the brand, I’m sure a lot of people that would’ve just gotten a Tesla looked around for alternatives.

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        15 hours ago

        Read: if Tesla wasn’t run by eel-on-musk, who constantly distracts himself and mismanages shit, it’d probably still be at the top of the industry

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          Yeah, this is all on Musk. I’d actually add the FSD shit to the list as well. They brought him on because they needed the money, and things were fine while Musk was just executing the roadmap they set out with initially (roadster > luxury sedan > cheaper car), but they wasted time with everything else, plus reinventing the wheel on literally every part of the car.