• LordFireCrotch@lemmy.today
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        2 days ago

        You short Tesla stock? Have you ever timed it and made a profit on it? I know there’s been pockets that it could have been profitable to you. But seems to me that you’d just be feeding money to actual shareholders.

  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    On Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call in October, CFO Vaibhav Taneja said that “the total paid FSD customer base is still small, around 12% of our current fleet.”

    Gonna be lower soon. LoL 😂

    How is this fool a billionaire? Oh, yeah. Peter Thiel using him as a distraction.

    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      To be fair, he’s a genius in continuesly scamming people without losing their faith in him. Although it’s less geniusness and more stupidity of other people. Yeah he’s not a genius, he’s a scammer. Not even an artist at it.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So if your subscription runs out while driving does the Tesla just stop on the road or does it immediately drive back to the dealership till you pay it?

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    Kinda a crazy move considering that they were charging 8k for “fsd” before, and are moving to a monthly subscription of a hundred bucks a month.

    You would have to own your Tesla for six and a half years for them to make the same return. My guess is that the hundred dollars a month is just the initial price which will drastically inflate over time. That or they are just going to raise prices by 8k and still charge you a subscription cost anyways…

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          4 days ago

          the problem is it’s non-transferrable, so if you want to sell the car (or totaled it) before ~6 years you would lose money compared to paying $100/month.

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            3 days ago

            What? Purchasing a premium package for your car vanishes when it transfers to a new owner?

            If you buy a premium trim, it doesn’t vanish if you resell the car.

            • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              the hardware is there regardless of trim. you are paying for the right to use the hardware already in the car you purchased.

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      4 days ago

      At one point they were charging $15k for it, and Elmo was claiming it would go to $100k in its final form. You know, when it actually fucking worked. Which it never will.

      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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        4 days ago

        They seem to be dropping the price until they find a price point where a decent percentage of their users will actually pay for the service.

        If the system was genuinely self driving, as in the vehicle could run unattended, it would be worth having.