The apparent economic plan of Tesla is to take as much money from customers before killing them so they can’t complain about being swindled. This is the latest insight from their CyberTruck fiasco. Repeatedly this car company has demanded an advance fee based on future promises, amassing wealth without delivering, and then customers end up … Continue reading Tesla CyberTruck, Like its Customers, “more valuable dead than alive”→
The Cybertruck repeatedly was marketed as a 1970s spoiled rich kid dream of a vehicle for other planets. And, like most 1970s marketing tricks targeting the lazy and uneducated, it has achieved only the trivially simple capability of going nowhere fast. Meanwhile scientists working on hard reality have announced their $5B allocation to vehicle deployment … Continue reading NASA Burns Tesla in Space Vehicle Awards→
Someone at Tesla supposedly thought they could generate positive buzz about their Truck fraud by slipping $400,000 to a front organization. That “spend” kind of leaked as advance indirect fees, from Tesla, in exchange for a Truck made in the uncertain future, by Tesla. And somehow some people actually mistook that unholy self-dealing tryst for … Continue reading Tesla Truck Timeline Fails Even Further: From Frying Pan to Dumpster Fire→
I’ve written far too many times on this blog already about the abysmal engineering management practices of Tesla. It really is an example of how not to run a company, given its atrocious safety record and sub-par quality compared to other brands. Explanations are very easy to come by… for one thing the CEO is … Continue reading It’s official: Tesla makes some of the least safe or reliable cars→