other major manufactures are about to step all over his ev world. Teslas have looked the same for many years, looking like old Buicks at this point. Seems like a nervous dude.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Takes Shots at Apple During Earnings Call
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I own APPL and TSLA and own way too many Apple products and had two Teslas at one point, but now just have the Model Y Performance due to lack of driving. However I no problem criticizing both. While Musk has been open (recently) to opening the Supercharger network, Tesla's right to repair policies have been far worse than even Apple's which I think is a much bigger issue.
He has accomplished most of it through huge tax incentives/breaks that we pay for and loyal cult of customers that are happy to overlook all of his failed attempts or late to market promises. Musk is at least 1 part Trump for every 1 part of Jobs.
Musk criticizing Apple about “closed ecosystem” 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks like someone is really afraid of Apple Car finally, since it may be the real threat to Tesla for first time.
Time’s Up Musk. Time to let A REAL COMPANY show what the future of electric car looks like with true innovation. Don’t like it? Shut your mouth and start innovating with new technology then. Because competitors are catching up to your EV technology and about to give your company a can of w$&? A@&.
Looks like someone is really afraid of Apple Car finally, since it may be the real threat to Tesla for first time.
Time’s Up Musk. Time to let A REAL COMPANY show what the future of electric car looks like with true innovation. Don’t like it? Shut your mouth and start innovating with new technology then. Because competitors are catching up to your EV technology and about to give your company a can of w$&? A@&.
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Not sure if Elon is scared or jealous of Apple. 
Telsa wait till Apple releases new Apple Car. Sky’s the limit. Enjoy your fame while you can.
Telsa wait till Apple releases new Apple Car. Sky’s the limit. Enjoy your fame while you can.
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Ridiculous that Tesla still can't support Apple Music and/or CarPlay. No, Spotify isn't the answer, I don't want to use Spotify. Oh what's this about liking competition again, Musk?
Im not even a huge fan of Musk, but your post reeks of jealousy.
WTH are you talking about. The guy is delivering an absurd amount of great products. It takes time but overall Tesla is doing great. Just as a reference, the first high-scale production EV, Model S was delivered in 2013. It's not even 10 years and by then we will have many options to choose from.
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Where’s the roadster and cyber truck?
FYI I had plans for several years now it’s the fact that no other manufacture wants to license their network. It’s the license factor that is still a wild garden you can use it without paying up they control it they control what charge amounts your other car manufacturers electric car can actually use.
considering the latter part is never been publicly talked about is a major reason why there’s competition.
Tesla has serious competition coming for their lunch.
elon sucks on time, but has delivered on promises.
Competition has been coming since 2013 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303653004579210053345661982
Given Apple’s design language for most of their products (the current Mac Pro being the exception) I expect an Apple car to end up looking like a chick car.
I moved into Apple's "walled garden" in 2003 when I bought my first Mac. No regrets.
Elon says a lot but singlehanded created the EV market. Now everyone is jumping on board (before all the ICE manufactures wanted nothing to do with EV’s) and we’re pushing hard to quash them.
I love my Tesla’s. Simply the best cars I’ve ever owned (needs to be a little better about QC though).
The buying process is about 25-30 mins. No haggling with a dealer. No push for accessories. Communication can be a pain though. So glad Tesla is doing well. Love Apple too!
I love my Tesla’s. Simply the best cars I’ve ever owned (needs to be a little better about QC though).
The buying process is about 25-30 mins. No haggling with a dealer. No push for accessories. Communication can be a pain though. So glad Tesla is doing well. Love Apple too!
I agree with MUSK. APPLE is a WALLED GARDEN.
Going back to the days of not being able to install windows on an APPLE silicon Mac
You cant upgrade your Disk size or RAM due to the new APPLE chip design.
The fact that they booted a DOS emulator to run Windows Games on an Apple Silicon Mac provides some proof.
We are Back to the Days of ANTI Windows and ANTI INTEL.
Going back to the days of not being able to install windows on an APPLE silicon Mac
You cant upgrade your Disk size or RAM due to the new APPLE chip design.
The fact that they booted a DOS emulator to run Windows Games on an Apple Silicon Mac provides some proof.
We are Back to the Days of ANTI Windows and ANTI INTEL.
Both companies are great. I think Musk is pre-emptively taking a shot over Apple's bow now that they actually may produce a car. Maybe.
But let's give Musk credit. He has helped produce a lot of advanced tech. We get reminded of that every time we see Space X land a booster on a ship moving in the Atlantic, or press down on the pedal of a Tesla and see traffic disappear in the rear-view mirror. These are things NASA and GM said would never work.
But let's give Musk credit. He has helped produce a lot of advanced tech. We get reminded of that every time we see Space X land a booster on a ship moving in the Atlantic, or press down on the pedal of a Tesla and see traffic disappear in the rear-view mirror. These are things NASA and GM said would never work.
Same guy that called British rescue workers in Thailand "pedos", just because they shot down his ridiculous mini submarine rescue plan. Freaking billionaire nut jobs.
Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue 'pedo' in baseless attack
Accusation directed on Twitter at Vern Unsworth, who called Tesla CEO’s offer of ‘mini-sub’ to help rescuers a ‘PR stunt’www.theguardian.com
"They"? Rescue divers encouraged Elon to continue building the mini submarine.
The person you're defending is Vern Unsworth and if you've read the court documents, you'd know he was inserting himself into the situation only to sell the rights to the movie. He wanted other rescue divers "to suffer" for leaving him out of the loop.
Can’t wait for Musk to OD already. Or allow CarPlay in his cars. Or improve the build quality to some level better than early 1990s Hyundai.
I own a Model S. Until it supports CarPlay, android auto, and uses a standard charge port, Elon can shut the hell up about walled gardens.
P.S.: if Tesla allows third parties to provide apps for the center screen, I must have missed that, right?
P.S.: if Tesla allows third parties to provide apps for the center screen, I must have missed that, right?
Sounds like musky boy over here utilized some corporate espionage to get a hold of a leaked render of the Apple Car and promptly **** himself. Why else would he be freaking out all of a sudden?
Curious whether he is going to allow competing self driving software to be installed on the Tesla or if he’s going to lock out the hardware like they’re doing now, holding it ransom for thousands of dollars. If I bought this car, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, right? Or even something basic like allowing CarPlay to be installed on that giant display that you have to use to do ridiculous things like put your car into reverse.
At least Apple has enough sense to not put a yoke into the Apple Car. It won’t have any steering wheel whatsoever.
Curious whether he is going to allow competing self driving software to be installed on the Tesla or if he’s going to lock out the hardware like they’re doing now, holding it ransom for thousands of dollars. If I bought this car, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, right? Or even something basic like allowing CarPlay to be installed on that giant display that you have to use to do ridiculous things like put your car into reverse.
At least Apple has enough sense to not put a yoke into the Apple Car. It won’t have any steering wheel whatsoever.