Elon or Barra, Who is the Better Engineer?

[kpanda17]

Clearly we can see the legacy vehicle companies, not owned by the Chinese, Geely/Volvo/Polestar, who totally copied Tesla in China or Hyundai/Kia/Gene who did partial coping, are admitting too much design waste, too high design costs, no control of supply chain, in their own EV attempts. Ford Farley is very outspoken about these items.

With this, I feel Elon is rhe better engineer than Barra/GM CEO. This is surprising as she is with GM, as an engineer working up through the ranks, for decades. Elon thinks engineer first then business. Barra, thinks business first than engineering.

The result is the Tesla ecosystem, engineering designs, verticals integration, apps, AP/EAP/FSD, etc are far superior in total that any other vehicle manufacturer.

Your thoughts

 

[father_of_6]

"Almost all my time, like 80 percent of it, is spent on engineering and design […] developing next-generation product," he said to Y Combinator founder Sam Altman.

At SpaceX, he was responsible for overseeing the design of SpaceX Falcon 1, the first privately developed rocket to reach orbit. Since then, SpaceX has also debuted Falcon 9, Dragon Spacecraft and Falcon Heavy, one of the most powerful operating rockets in the world.

 

[kpanda17]

Watch his BBC documentary
It shows how his father taught him to tinker with autos

Watch both parts
Feels well balanced

 

[terranx]

Exclusive footage of Elon working on "engineering and design"