• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Another company should buy up all the Tesla stock, fire Musk and the rest of the board, rebrand it, and figure out a reuse for the batteries in the cyber trucks that aren’t going to sell (and will be returned after lease is up).

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      2 days ago

      That just gives money to Musk and other (complicit) shareholders. I’d much rather the company sink and then someone buy their stuff at fire sale prices.

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        5 hours ago

        Yeah, and much of its value isn’t affected by car sales at all. The supercharger network is an unseen asset to the brand with a good margin and low risk. And opening the network to others will ensure future income streams.

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          5 hours ago

          It’s already open to others, and Elon said a few months ago that they were axing the entire department that manages the network.

          Not sure if any of that has changed in the last few months though.

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      Apple and Nvidia are probably the only companies that could, but who the fuck would pay that much for radioactive waste? They’re better off pulling a Zuck and using way less cash to snipe away the good employees and build their own brand from scratch.

      I think the only decent reason might be patents maybe, but I’m not familiar enough with their portfolio to tell if that’s worth the money.

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        2 days ago

        Tesla does have a shitload of equipment and factory space that’s gotta be worth something.

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      They have some valuable IP (patents and designs around their battery and charging systems, mostly), but none of their physical assets are really worth any more than face value (at the end of the day a battery factory is a battery factory).

      Potential buyers would be far better off waiting for them to collapse and then snaffling up the IP on the cheap. Paying their current meme stock price is just throwing money away.

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      2 days ago

      Interior design in tesla is really feeling cheap. When you see the prices of those cars. Who in their right mind would want one.