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I never said his tweeting is a direct result of why they have quality issues. But his wasting of time tweeting is definitely not fruitful in running Tesla the way a multi-national, multi-billion dollarr company should bee run. Hell, my small enterprise couldnt be run well if I wasted all that time tweeting and speculating like he is doing... But read what @riviera74 and @Drew Dowdell wrote to you. Ive also mentioned and hinted at what they both are telling you. Its OK... once again, we have differing points of view. Sometimes I sees where you are coming from. Not this time tho...

Yes, but LG rather than GM. And the issue with Elon is that he is dishonestly manipulating the market with his tweets. See the recent series of tweets regarding Tesla layoffs and the whole Twitter blowup

I think that the larger issue is that Elon wants to be a celebrity while Mary Barra acts like a CEO. Also, will Tesla actually address their fit and finish issues anytime soon?

I could care less about Musk tweets, Tesla is hurting from growing bigger due to the distractions that Musk seems to think Tesla has to have. A list of Distractions currently and there could be more. Space X The Boring Company Boring Company Flamethrowers Variety of Tesla Toys Tesla Tequila Tesla Bot Tesla Giga Belt Buckles Tesla Cyber Whistle Tesla Cyberquad ATV for kids Tesla Radio Flyer electric Model S kid car Tesla Powerwall Tesla Solar Roof Tesla Surf Boards Tesla diecast model cars Tesla Desktop Supercharger Tesla Desktop Powerbank Tesla Hats Tesla Shirts, Coats, Hoodies, etc. Clothing line Cyber Currency Speculation I get that established companies sell supporting stuff to their fans, but in this case before getting the company profitable and then even when accounting has been used to show the company to be profitable, the leadership rather than focus on fixing fit/finish quality issues, the smoke and mirrors show goes up on deflecting from promised actual products to delivering auto's that do not have the problems Tesla has today. Lets also not forget the big lie of self driving that has not yet been actually delivered and yet sold for the last decade to people and has cost people their lives due to alpha and beta testing of the auto software on the customers. Do not forget all the sexual harassment issues Tesla is trying to hide because of their erratic CEO. On top of the fact that since you focused on his social media tweeting, his manipulation that if you or I did, would for sure have our butts in jail.

And I don’t know how anyone can say that criticism of Musk is just because of some tweets or a singular incident. It most certainly is not If those same folks have been paying attention to his actions over the last decade. Hell, the man now criticized government subsidies while somehow ignoring that his company exists as it is today solely because of those SAME SUBSIDIES over that same decade. That’s just for starters.

I would like to add the wide ranging quality and reliability issues with Tesla that far trumps the Bolts ONE issue. Elon gets easily distracted and this is a known fact (mostly due to being high spectrum) and it’s his end line product that suffers as a result. His interests and focus seem to change with the season and that is a huge problem.

I would think that would have been a 6 speed? A 4spd auto would have been awfully outdated in 2017..that 2.4 was built in Tonawanda, NY according to Wikipedia...drove past an exit for Tonowanda on I-90 last weekend...IIRC, the '68 Camaro SS 396 my brother used to have had a Tonawanda decal on a valve cover. Perfect June weather yesterday, saw a variety of nice oldies out and about ...a gorgeous medium blue w/ black stripes '70 1/2 Camaro Z/28 with the short rear spoiler; a lime frost '65 Mustang convertible--top down, mint; a white w/ dark red interior early 80s Riviera convertible, top down, mint; a bright red '67 Camaro SS; and a very clean white '63 Impala 2dr.

I have noticed what it seems like forever, that birds, have ALWAYS flew RIGHT in front of my cars while I am driving. No matter what speeds Im doing. Im going down a road or boulevard and birds seem to fly from a perpendicular street and zoom by successfully in front of my car. Im like thinking, they are playing a game if they could beat the speeding car and succeed in flying in front of it successfully getting to the other side. Ill repeat, I think birds are PLAYING A GAME, a game of chicken, in testing out there own agility and speed in trying to out race a car by flying perpendicular to a car and seeing if they can succeed to fly in front of it to get to the other side of the street. I honestly do think birds do this on purpose to test out and practice their flying abilities. Pretty gutsy. Pretty smart. Pretty awesome Id say.

Thumbs up on the 1st part. And no, you and I both do NOT need to work on being less verbose. Its in our (my) Greek and (your) Italian DNA to actually be emotionally expressive with lots of dramatic words and dramatic hand gestures to communicate. Let us NOT forget the tone and reflections of our voice. Sarcasm, sassiness and plain old a$$hole responses is what our cultures do. We should be proud of that!!!

Accurately and economically stated! (I need to work on being less verbose.)

So because somebody has time to type out some tweets, this means they cannot focus on their autos also? You're just assuming they're not working on fixing their quality control issues and that there aren't teams of engineers also working on these issues, just like GM has teams of engineers working on fixing their issues. Do you think Barra doesn't have a personal life that she puts her own energy towards outside of work? If we see a picture of her vacationing should we criticize her for not concentrating on fixing Bolt issues? I should point out that GM isn't the only other manufacturer with QC issues. Ford with the Bronco and 2.7T are another current one. I'm just using GM as an example.

Your right that GM has had their fair share of problems with existing, past and all-new auto's. Big difference is you have leadership that is working to fix and build better auto's rather than focus on erratic behavior and narcissistic tendencies in blending their personal life and professional job. While I have not heard of any GMC Hummer issues, I would not be surprised to hear that the first few Hummers out the door have hit issues. Real world tends to do that and with that, those spending 6 figures on a bleeding edge technology like the GMC Hummer have to expect bumps in the road.

Considering that the BOLT is over all a well-engineered EV excluding the battery pack. The BOLT has not had the large amount of quality problems such as rear bumpers ripping off when water from the road hits them or roofs flying off as they drive onto a freeway, or how about just bricking themselves into a non-movable EV. Yes, BOLT battery fire is serious, and GM did the right thing in shutting down production, focus on rooting out the problem, starting up battery productions, swapping out existing battery packs and then starting BOLT production up again as they focus on moving all EVs to the Ultium platform. I would say Marry is leading much better than Musk. As I have stated, Tesla gets credit where credit is due, but right now the house is a mess with far more issues than GM and the BOLT battery pack.

what does this quote even mean? She is running the company. Not her mouth... Ditto for GM. People LOVE their Volts and Bolts.. People LOVE their C8 Corvettes... People LOVE their fullsized pick up trrucks and SUVs from Chevy, GMC and Cadillac. Once upon a time ago, GM ALSO had sheeple... Look how THAT eventually turned out... But even with all those words...you still didnt make ANY correlation as to how Marry Barrra should be held to thee same scrutiny that we have ALL put Elon to. I guess you are a big proponent of free speech on Twitter because I dont see you give a shyte about Johnny and Amber...

Problem tho. Several. GM has a LOT on their plate right now to resolve. Bolt battery fires. Production delays with Camaros, Corvettes and just about all other vehicles in their line-up. Corvette Z06 rumors that transmissions are failing or crank cases are cracking or whatever the rumor is... Mary Barra is NOT out there trying to buy Twitter using GM shareholder and GM investor monies...and causing a real shyte show with Twitter's IPO AND Tesla's and having all investors involved in a phoquing tizzy... Mary Barra is NOT out there DOWNPLAYING the Bolt battery fires like Elon is doing with the NHTSA autopilot investigation. Mary Barra is not tone deaf and sticking her nose in a physical and sexual abuse case when Musk's own company has a very very serious problem of its own regarding sexual abuse of its own. FYI, NOBODY asked Elon his opinion on the matter for him to interject it anyway even IF he dated Amber Heard just right after Johnny Depp's marriage failed with Amber... He wasnt even called upon as a witness DESPITE his generosity of him giving money to charity in Amber's name... Kate Moss stayed out of it and she testified... Marry Barra is actually running her company. Elon is running something...his mouth. How is Tesla robotics gonna solve Tesla's sloppy manufacturing? Its an issue that NOBODY is ignoring in 2022. Only Musk, Tesla sheeple and Sandy Munro are ignoring this issue. It seems that Musk is ONLY concerned on how Johnny and Amber move on from this trial... He has several female employees that want to discuss THEIR sexual abuse within Tesla. I wonder if he has a clue on how his company moves on from these allegations...maybe he should forget about Aquamaaaaaan and Captain Jack Sparrow and start dealing with Tesla's problems... Maybe he should start tweeting on how he will address Tesla's issues and maybe he should forget about free speech platforms and Hollywood's shytty drama...