Is Tesla Doomed?

[Parkbandit]

Rocktar's long post was very good. It was thoughtful and well researched and even included a link. However, I think it overlooks the boost that need gives to ingenuity. We need cars that run on water and sunshine and emit only water vapor as exhaust. Because we need them, somebody will discover how to make the necessary slight improvements in the efficiency of electrolysis.

I would never recommend that anyone learn to code, other than as a hobby. AI is taking all those jobs.

As soon as Musk invents a car that economically runs on water, you will be "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WATER! WE ARE GOING TO BE A DESERT PLANET THANKS TO ELON MUSK!"

[ClydeR]

Wrong. This was thought of 40 years ago in great detail.

40 years, you say? That's about how long it takes to make something useful. Forty years ago in May of 1985, the Human Genome Project was conceived. It's just starting to be useful today.

[ClydeR]

Tesla stock up to 357 now.

The stock price has gone up despite plunging sales because a principal Tesla shareholder is positioned to influence government policy in a way that favors him and his personal investments. Diverting, misappropriating or redirecting government funds for private benefit can certainly make a company more valuable.

[ClydeR]

So sad..

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1inYSC_wL6c

I bet you can get a good deal on a used Tesla , if you're in the market. Musk has definitely driven down the value of existing Teslas.

[ClydeR]

Tesla customers have been left stunned after uncovering the worrying truth about the electric vehicles that they have recently purchased.

Cybertruck owners have spoken out about the state of their vehicles after it was found that the motors have been left outside for months.

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Definitely not good for batteries and not respectful of customers.

For any prospective Cybertruck owners, there are ways to verify how long your vehicle has been sitting waiting for a buyer.

Upon purchase, you can request documentation which shows when the car originally left the factory, so you’ll know how long it’s been exposed to the elements.

[Suppressed Poet]

Definitely not good for batteries and not respectful of customers.

Yeah, because when I go to any car dealership I expect the vehicle I am purchasing to have left the factory no later than yesterday & not have a warranty…

[ClydeR]

Circling the drain is an apt metaphor.

Tesla continues to circle the drain
The company’s sales in Europe plunged by nearly 50 percent, a sign that Tesla’s brand crisis is worsening.

The new figures from the European Automobiles Manufacturers Association revealed that Tesla only logged 7,261 new vehicle registrations in April, nearly half of what it recorded in April 2024. The numbers are particularly notable considering Tesla recently launched the refreshed Model Y, an update on the global best-seller which was expected to attract a host of new customers. Instead, it appears the strategy has so far been a failure.

Despite Musk’s optimistic talk about the Model Y’s sales prospects, Tesla’s brand crisis appears to be deepening. And it’s not because European consumers are souring on electric vehicles; in the first four months of 2025, new battery-electric car sales grew by 26.4 percent, to 558,262 units, capturing 15.3 percent of the total EU market share.

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[Parkbandit]

Price up to $362 currently...

Betting on Musk is like printing your own money... it's so easy.

[Gelston]

Tesla was never big in the European market in the first place. They don't care. They sold over 600,000 cars in the US last year, compared to 54,000 in Europe. Stop acting like the European sales figures mean anything to Tesla.

[ClydeR]

Who would want any member of their family driving a Tesla?

What caused a deadly crash in San Francisco — a ‘madman’ driver or ‘malfunctioning’ Tesla?
By Megan Cassidy, Annie Vainshtein
May 31, 2025

The Tesla hurtled down the Interstate 280 off-ramp to Sixth Street, sideswiping three vehicles along the way. It picked up speed, running red lights and nearly touching 90 mph as it raced northwest toward downtown San Francisco.

At Sixth and Harrison, the Tesla Model Y slammed into a Lexus at a stoplight, then spun into oncoming traffic. Seven people were injured, one of whom described the impact of the crash as an explosion. The driver of the Lexus, San Francisco resident Mikhael Romanenko, was killed.

Witnesses would later describe the car to police as a "black blur" and the driver "a madman," according to a police report. But as the Tesla's driver, Jia Lin Zheng, 66, was being treated for his own injuries in the wake of the Jan. 19 crash, he offered a chilling explanation: The car, he told police, had accelerated on its own.

"The Tesla malfunctioned and began to speed up" as he exited the highway, San Francisco police wrote in a report, describing Zheng's account. "Zheng stated every time he stepped on the brake of the Tesla, he felt the car accelerate."

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