Krugerrand
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Those are great questions. Personally, I think we’re doomed regardless. Too stupid to live and all that.A few questions:
Do you think that Tesla can grow enough to complete "the mission" on its own in any reasonable time frame? Or, alternatively, do you think that any of the legacy companies that are trying to get BEV tech up to speed, will do so quickly enough to help the mission in any meaningful way? If Tesla does not "lend" its technology superiority to Toyota (or any other legacy manufacturer), then who will? Please name these companies that are capable? With Tesla's undisputed and unchallenged superiority, time is of the essence for everyone.
To try and answer the questions more ‘seriously’.
I believe Tesla will in fact pretty much complete the mission on its own. Whether they do 90% or 75% of the heavy lifting doesn’t matter in the end. Tesla will takeover/absorb/buy/drag everyone into the future. What the future ends up looking like is anybody’s guess. I don’t know if we make it. I can’t even decide if we deserve to make it.
One thing I do think that happens (is already happening) is that former Tesla employees help new/existing companies. Since it’s clear that all the new engineers coming out of schools want to be at Tesla and others not in engineering want to be at Tesla, I think this is another way that other companies are helped over time. If everyone has worked for Tesla/SpaceX/Boring/Neuralink/Starlink/etc... at some point then that accumulated knowledge leaks to other companies.