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@ValueAnalyst you are much better at short and concise statements than I am ~ thank you.
I have been on the Tesla band wagon for several years, and as I recall there was a plane crash which crippled the company by two or three key executives (someone here knows better than me ~ I am sure). The world watched as Tesla/Elon recovered and moved us onto today. I have and will continue to hold my breath that Elon is a much wiser person than me and is building for the future instead of current ego.
My whole life has been about caring for those that worked for me or in my wife's case married to me. I always trained my soldiers or anyone that worked for me to take over in the event I was hit by a bus and for my wife that she could continue financially should I also get hit by a bus ahead of her. Thank goodness (IMHO), have not been hit by that bus yet.
At an annual meeting a couple of years back Elon was asked if he would stay with Tesla at least through the Model 3 and he said yes. Driving Tesla's adventure is like steering a ship, there is no turning on a dime and takes a lot of logistic trains to ensure success once they arrive at the desired destination. If Elon stepped off the helm to watch the ship sail on without him it would be years before anyone of us would notice a change in direction or a slowing of the ship. We probably would miss the tweets immediately
Anyone worth their salt and has been around Elon for awhile has had to have had good information rub off his enthusiasm, leadership and desire to move everything forward. Ford was in a similar situation a very long time ago. While they are still around and have made it through problems here and there, they have succeeded.
Apple is another example, but an odd one. When Steve had to leave us, some believe that Apple lost their innovation. No, what made them great was new innovative toys; but there are no new innovative toys that they have jumped on in recent time ~ yet they have maintained their market cap. I refer to what has happened to Apple is that they have been waiting for the iWind to pick back up. They just need to tweet about the direction, so that the iWind will pick back up.
Tesla has years to go before that happens to them. Cars since I have been buying them have come a long way. My first Volvo, bought in Europe came without a radio. I had to find the best radio, buy it and install it. It was the first Toyota or Volvo that had electric windows. So, there is lots of room to grow with new technologies. I no longer have to worry about drip pans, the price of gas going up and shortly the car will drive me anywhere I wish to go ~ safely.
There is a tipping point for everything both good and bad. While Elon is still valued and needed to continue Tesla on its path to changing the world; I think that that point is actually here and Tesla will succeed regardless. Someone will need to take over the tweet machine
Remember, he has been bring on top notch players all along and recently was being attacked by the bears trying to bring the price (stock) down and attack the company.
Also, the EPA just got kicked in the balls; but the fools doing the kicking are less than bright light bulbs on the nation's chandelier. California has had high emissions standards for as long as I can remember, and that is back to when we bought out first car together back in 1974. I then went back into the army, and continued buying cars ~ not always in California. However, I always insisted on California emission standards with every new car. At some point we started getting the comment that all cars now meet California standards.
What standards to you bring to the table?
I have been on the Tesla band wagon for several years, and as I recall there was a plane crash which crippled the company by two or three key executives (someone here knows better than me ~ I am sure). The world watched as Tesla/Elon recovered and moved us onto today. I have and will continue to hold my breath that Elon is a much wiser person than me and is building for the future instead of current ego.
My whole life has been about caring for those that worked for me or in my wife's case married to me. I always trained my soldiers or anyone that worked for me to take over in the event I was hit by a bus and for my wife that she could continue financially should I also get hit by a bus ahead of her. Thank goodness (IMHO), have not been hit by that bus yet.
At an annual meeting a couple of years back Elon was asked if he would stay with Tesla at least through the Model 3 and he said yes. Driving Tesla's adventure is like steering a ship, there is no turning on a dime and takes a lot of logistic trains to ensure success once they arrive at the desired destination. If Elon stepped off the helm to watch the ship sail on without him it would be years before anyone of us would notice a change in direction or a slowing of the ship. We probably would miss the tweets immediately
Anyone worth their salt and has been around Elon for awhile has had to have had good information rub off his enthusiasm, leadership and desire to move everything forward. Ford was in a similar situation a very long time ago. While they are still around and have made it through problems here and there, they have succeeded.
Apple is another example, but an odd one. When Steve had to leave us, some believe that Apple lost their innovation. No, what made them great was new innovative toys; but there are no new innovative toys that they have jumped on in recent time ~ yet they have maintained their market cap. I refer to what has happened to Apple is that they have been waiting for the iWind to pick back up. They just need to tweet about the direction, so that the iWind will pick back up.
Tesla has years to go before that happens to them. Cars since I have been buying them have come a long way. My first Volvo, bought in Europe came without a radio. I had to find the best radio, buy it and install it. It was the first Toyota or Volvo that had electric windows. So, there is lots of room to grow with new technologies. I no longer have to worry about drip pans, the price of gas going up and shortly the car will drive me anywhere I wish to go ~ safely.
There is a tipping point for everything both good and bad. While Elon is still valued and needed to continue Tesla on its path to changing the world; I think that that point is actually here and Tesla will succeed regardless. Someone will need to take over the tweet machine
Remember, he has been bring on top notch players all along and recently was being attacked by the bears trying to bring the price (stock) down and attack the company.
Also, the EPA just got kicked in the balls; but the fools doing the kicking are less than bright light bulbs on the nation's chandelier. California has had high emissions standards for as long as I can remember, and that is back to when we bought out first car together back in 1974. I then went back into the army, and continued buying cars ~ not always in California. However, I always insisted on California emission standards with every new car. At some point we started getting the comment that all cars now meet California standards.
What standards to you bring to the table?