1. They built precisely zero stations for battery swaps.
2. Tesla has been promising a car for $35k or less for years now and still does not sell one.
3. The solar roofs exist only to give an excuse to bail out Elon's cousins. Installations are currently lower than 20% of Tesla's projections and are declining rapidly. They are bad solar panels because they are more expensive to manufacture, far more expensive to install, less durable, and less efficient than an ordinary installation. They are bad roofs because they are more expensive to manufacture, far more expensive to install, and far less durable than ordinary roofs.
4. The Cybertruck is a concept. They have made not even a single working prototype. There has been no news since the scale model had its glass busted over 700 days ago. Similarly, there has never been a working Roadster and we have seen no real information in over three years.
5. The Semi is an asinine idea and cannot ever work. Trucks have a weight limit and run as close as possible to that limit. Batteries are heavy. Using our best technology an electric semi would have well under half the capacity of a normal one even for very short trips.
That was their target price before the product launch, must be the first time in history a company didn't hit is project price. For a while they did have a version at that price, that version was supposed to have no Autopilot and few other things were missing. They discontinued that option.
> The solar roofs exist
Oh now they do exist. Don't hurt yourself running down field with those goalposts.
> bail out Elon's cousins
Lol, what nonsense. If it was about that they would have just continued with normal solar panels.
> lower than 20% of Tesla's projections and are declining rapidly
Wrong they are actually increasing, 46% growth in solar YoY this Quarter. And I'm sure that its the first time in the history of capitalism that a company didn't reach the production volume they had planned.
This is a huge growth market and continuing to play in it makes simple sense even if its not a huge part of current revenue.
> They have made not even a single working prototype.
There is literally footage from a prototype on a testing area from like a week ago. And the initial prototype has been driving around all over the place.
> They are bad roofs because they are more expensive to manufacture, far more expensive to install,
They are supposed to be for people who would then put solar on their roof after, of course its more expensive to install. What you should compare it to is building a normal roof and then add solar installation on top of that.
> and far less durable than ordinary roofs.
There are literally videos out-there where in a massive hale-storm you see many people with damaged roofs and the solar roof is perfectly fine.
> There has been no news since
There was 'no news' about a refresh of Model S/X for a long time, they even said its not gone happen. And then it happened. Crazy how companies don't feel the need to update you every second on what they are doing. I guess as soon as company doesn't update you, every project should be considered dead.
There was actually a bunch of news but I guess you decided its a fake product so following it isn't relevant.
And again, they are literally building a gigantic factory, they are LITERALLY ordering tools from suppliers for that factory. IRDA for example has publicly stated they are building an 8000 ton press for the rear under-body of the Cybertruck. There has been some leaked info about Tesla ordering the stainless steal, its actually their own material so they need have somebody make it for them in gigantic quantities.
Literally every indication is that there is a very active program at bringing the vehicle to market, no matter if you like it or not.
> The Semi is an asinine idea and cannot ever work.
2. Tesla has been promising a car for $35k or less for years now and still does not sell one.
3. The solar roofs exist only to give an excuse to bail out Elon's cousins. Installations are currently lower than 20% of Tesla's projections and are declining rapidly. They are bad solar panels because they are more expensive to manufacture, far more expensive to install, less durable, and less efficient than an ordinary installation. They are bad roofs because they are more expensive to manufacture, far more expensive to install, and far less durable than ordinary roofs.
4. The Cybertruck is a concept. They have made not even a single working prototype. There has been no news since the scale model had its glass busted over 700 days ago. Similarly, there has never been a working Roadster and we have seen no real information in over three years.
5. The Semi is an asinine idea and cannot ever work. Trucks have a weight limit and run as close as possible to that limit. Batteries are heavy. Using our best technology an electric semi would have well under half the capacity of a normal one even for very short trips.