Sure. Another thing is, I have found that the execs work like they do in large part because it's who they are. Sure the $$ is incredible, but these people are driven. They are often not the best family men (and women), but they get things done. Big things. Heck, Shanghai broke ground to production in 10 months. Who does that?
Sears was one of the biggest companies duringmost of the 1900s. Look where they are now. Teslas current success isn't indicative of future performance. "During the company’s most recent call with Wall Street analysts, however, Musk sidestepped a question about pricing and delivery schedules. Instead, he said deliveries would come this year. He also echoed past warnings that beginning production of a new vehicle can be tricky.
Tell literally every company in the world then.
Absolutely, the Chicoms control way too much of what we need to survive. Food, medicine, almost everything the US consumers buy.
Until it's not. I was reading in the WSJ a couple of days ago regarding "political-risk coverage". Companies insure their foreign assets against seizure and the issuance of new policies and the number of insures have decreased in markets such as China. For example some Western companies in China have already had their assets seized based upon an expanded view of Nat'l Security. @Trav et al are arguing that no Chinese national is safe from the long arm of the CCP and perhaps Musk is trying to placate the CCP by making a Chinese national head of the largest automaker in the world. Propaganda machine will eat it up.
+1 Musk had his reasons for picking him, and "political-risk coverage" could be one of many reasons. China is not our friend, and maybe Musk is hedging his bet there.
I would if I were him. A couple of years ago a Mercedes Benz executive was quoted as being held over a barrel with regards to having to use Chinese battery manufacture CATL. Just a couple of years later CATL built a huge factory in Germany. Shocker.
I would too, Musk is a bright guy, he knows exactly what he's doing. Having said that China can stick it to him too. Once again they aren't our friends, and they're pretty smart too. In any event this could become very interesting. Time will tell.
Tesla is still continuing to take "Carbon offset money " This was after the Muskrat said he disagrees with subsidies.
Unfortunately from a shareholder perspective Tesla is essentially required to take advantage of the carbon offsets so who knows whether we should believe him.
On the bright side it's not like a foreign agent can take many if not most of these assets with them. Reminds me of the time when a Japanese company bought Times Square back in the 1980's. My dad was like, "meh, who cares, it's not like they're going to dismantle the buildings and move them to Japan".
I don't know if it's worth debating tin foil hat with his borderline racial slurs. His posts are essentially a recording at this point.
Do you think an American or anyone else for that matter can buy land in China and set up a spy station close to a military installation? These things are happening, it is not tin foil hat stuff.
They sure are, the EV companies should not be able to sell carbon credits. What a deal, other companies paying this lunatic so they can build cars.
You're number one in my book.
If it mattered the USG would buy the land. Just like the USG did with a piece of private land which could peer from great distance into Area 51.
