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Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%

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188 points zfg | 4 comments | 25 Mar 25 13:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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snapcaster ◴[25 Mar 25 13:16 UTC] No.43470829[source]▶
This is so weird, did he miscalculate how intense the backlash would be? or he truly doesn't care?
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Upvoter33 ◴[25 Mar 25 13:19 UTC] No.43470867[source]▶
To me, it's pretty funny. It's like we're being told "hey, don't worry, this is the world's smartest guy, and he's going to, in a heartbeat, examine every dollar of spending and tell us what to cut. And oh yeah, he didn't anticipate that Tesla might be hurt by his actions."
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tonyhart7 ◴[25 Mar 25 13:24 UTC] No.43470951[source]▶
he should never use twitter tbh, back then elon is likeable until he tweet 20 times a day
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thinkindie ◴[25 Mar 25 13:32 UTC] No.43471072[source]▶
back to when exactly? Let's remember for a moment his behaviour with the Thai cave episode, he wasn't any better.

Thing is, people just put up stupid stickers about purchasing their Teslas before he went nuts, but he has never been centered.

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ZeroGravitas ◴[25 Mar 25 13:40 UTC] No.43471172[source]▶
> As we danced at our wedding reception, Elon told me, 'I am the alpha in this relationship,'" Justine, his first wife, revealed in a 2010 column

Or going further back, he got pushed down some stairs as a kid because he was bullying someone whose father had killed himself.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[25 Mar 25 16:59 UTC] No.43473465[source]▶
He's an asshole. So was Steve Jobs. We're better off with brilliant assholes devoting themselves to industry than politics.
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1. johneth ◴[25 Mar 25 21:04 UTC] No.43475956[source]▶
Elon's not brilliant, he's just lucky.
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2. JumpCrisscross ◴[25 Mar 25 21:21 UTC] No.43476122[source]▶
> Elon's not brilliant, he's just lucky

Est-il habile où est-il heureux [1]?

[1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Mazarin not Napoleon

3. Sabinus ◴[25 Mar 25 22:06 UTC] No.43476536[source]▶
You don't get lucky building both Tesla and SpaceX. Bezos spent the same amount of time and money on a rocket company and they haven't got far. Elon does have something going, it's just unlikely the competence carries over to national and international politics.
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4. scarab92 ◴[26 Mar 25 00:42 UTC] No.43477684[source]▶
PayPal, OpenAI, Neuralink too

The guy is clearly very skilled at identifying opportunities and putting together the best team to execute on them. Probably better than any other human alive today.

People may not like the guy for whatever reason, but saying he isn’t talented is absurd.