Are Teslas any good?

[tintin]

Originally Posted by notorious

Excellent article.
No problems with the strategy and the vision (doing the right things)
I'm worried about the tactical execution (doing things right) given the Goran's links.

I think they'll be fine, and those are relatively minor growing pains. Look at the relatively smooth release of their V7 software ("Autopilot") recently, as an example. It was delayed by a couple of weeks, admittedly - very Telsa/Elon Musk - but my Tesla now accelerates faster, stops better, and handles more crisply (amongst other things) and all done without it leaving my driveway .

I'm pretty sure they've passed the tipping point now, and it's easier to do things right when you've got a simple business model, clear strategy, a great product and the wind direction is on in your favour. None of which seems to apply to the major players - dismantling and rebuilding a multibillion $ enterprise/ecosystem is far, far harder for them to do. Though to be fair to the Germans, at least they're trying: JLR don't seem to have a clue about what's happening/about to happen.