Yes. Because we have bigger fish to fry. How cute of you to have forgotten that;
Is there some concern in Teslas financials that makes you think they're incapable of containing to expand their profitable charging network or are you just defending whatever Elon does as correct because Elon did it?
A) Tesla never set out to do it all themselves
But nobody else would.
In large part nobody else
still is
The nextr "big" charging network- EA- only exists because VW cheated on emissions for years and was forced into it by a court.
It continues to suck as an alternative and there's no indication of that changing- same for all the other smaller players who have janky and unreliable charging.
The move of all the OEMs to Tesla was
because Tesla is the
only affordable and reliable national charging network.
Why hit the brakes on that now? Especially when you've already gotten all the early adopters and need to get the MOST range anxious, and those without home charging, onto the "EVs are fine" train.... plus it's a profitable line of business so it's only ADDING to revenue.
B) Money is a means to an end, not the goal
The goal is to accelerate the worlds transition to sustainable transport.
A larger and more reliable charging network is
fundamental to that goal
Since when did "Eh, let someone else figure it out" become the mission statement?
C) Much, much bigger sources of revenue are about to come into play
We've been hearing the YUGE FSD MONEY story for 5 years now since the original autonomy day.
Still ain't here-- and there's plenty of financial models showing even if Tesla got L4 on the road this year (which continues to look incredibly unlikely) it'll be years still before revenue streams are actually that big (and potentially not near as big as the folks who think everyone will just stop owning cars)
NONE of that is a reason to abandon a
different revenue stream that's already going and remaining profitable as it grows.
You can't even make the excuse of "It was taking up people better used elsewhere in the company" since they didn't move them- they just fired them.
Not Tesla’s problem. Not Tesla’s job to hold everyone else’s hands. And ultimately, when others can’t or won’t do, it makes Tesla’s products continue to stand out and be more desirable.
Pedantic away.
Not pedantic, basic facts and logic.
Heck you contradict
yourself right there--- seemingly acknowledging Teslas solution is WAY better than anyone elses-- then saying let the others- who you just told us suck- do it.
How does a move that cedes future growth of new charging locations- vital to increasing EV adoption rates- to inferior solutions that anger customers help the mission rather than hurt it?