I heard that too. Elon was mildly suggesting that in an interview. But I am curious about that statement he made.
Yes...he did say that E belonged to Mercedes, and its true. But...doesnt S also belong to Mercedes?
E Class.. Yes. There is an E Class Mercedes. But isnt there an S Class Mercedes too?
I have understood for awhile now why there are some that think Elon is such a dick. I, admittedly, took some time to also think that. I like his vision for Tesla. (Minus the autonomous driving BS...although I do see the benefits of autonomous driving). Its the other shyte that he does that irks the hell out of me. And when he does shyte like that, like that Space X stunt, I feel like he takes away from Tesla. And yes, I agree with many that see those stunts as just stunts, and taking away from Tesla.
I read another article that he said running Tesla was a mistake. He gave different reasons on why that decision was a mistake. One reason he mentioned is that his thinking that running a start-up car company thinking it will succeed was ridicoulos at best and that maybe, he shouldnt have invested all that time in the first place. He made it seem like making Tesla succeed is a pipe dream???!!!
I cannot call him an idiot, because he clearly is NOT an idiot. But he is a just a story teller. He gets to make the movie on the story he tells by actually producing physically the story he unravels, but a story teller non the less...
Why?
Well...
Space X is a pipe dream...yes...he did make it happen...but did he?
Continual space travel is EXPENSIVE...
NASA...dropped it.
NASA...
UNLIMITED U.S. of A. money and NASA in the end quit. Because once the US government deemed space travel a money pit, that was it for NASA going to the moon, let all one to Mars...
Space X is a MONEY pit!
That underground tunnel shyte he wants to build and that tube travelling thing (pneumatic tube system for humans?)... as if that is not a pipe dream? Pun intended! These concepts make Star Wars & Star Trek seem realistic.
And the more he puts his energy and money into crap like that, HE REALLY REALLY DOES TESLA an INJUSTICE.
All the time and money he has wasted in those pet projects, (and Tesla IS just another pet project) Tesla would have REALLY been a full fledged American car maker TODAY as we speak instead of fearfully and rightfully so of being just a footnote in the automotive history books.
He should just sell off Tesla to some automotive giant that could use Tesla's proprietary engineering, cachet, battery factory to be, vast charging stations, vast consumer to be presence so all that hard work the TRUE engineers, workers, marketing peeps, future ideas and concepts dont go to waste.
ANY of the big manufacturers COULD use all that intellect. They could use Tesla the badge to sell their EVs or just gut the company...but at least Tesla ideas, especially future ideas will not be lost.
He is an idiot to NOT KNOW WHAT THE PHOQUE HE HAS IN TESLA!!! TESLA as a brand, in my opinion, IS BIGGER THAN PAYPAL!!! Tesla...after a relative short life so far, has a brand cachet as big as a 911 Porsche. Corvette, Mustang, Cadillac, Mercedes, BMW...Kleenex, Frigidaire, Band Aid, Coca Cola...
Tesla is synonymous with fast, electric cars...
Yes...Tesla is THAT big in my eyes.
Rant over!