$300 for a charger? In this economy????
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Tesla Launches $300 AirPower-Like Wireless Charger That Can Power Three Qi Devices at Once
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I didn't buy my Tesla because of Elon, and I won't NOT buy anything because of him either. Just the product on its merits.
I really hope Apple get the Apple Car together, to something way better then Tesla.
They can get better charger then this together too.
So we can stop hearing about this Musk boy, his products, companies or involvements in them.
They can get better charger then this together too.
So we can stop hearing about this Musk boy, his products, companies or involvements in them.
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Knowing Elon’s style. Soon it will be $300 + $8.00 monthly subscription
Glad you mentioned that. Not nearly as much as Tesla.
AAPL is at a support level. TSLA blew past it.
How long until it burns down a house?
Clearly, this is the innovation to raise $4 Trillion for Tesla before Apple. /s
Tesla will be lucky to stay above $100 billion moving forward.
Tesla will be lucky to stay above $100 billion moving forward.
Anker 6-port charger: $30. 9 foot Lightning charging cable: $10. Apple Watch charging cable: Came with the watch: Free. AirPods Pro wireless charging: I've got tons of spare Apple Watch charging cables, so also free. Being able to lay in bed and use my phone while it charges: Priceless. Space taken up on my nightstand: Almost none.
Everyone else. Tesla's market cap is essentially the same as Toyota, BYD, Porsche and Volkswagen combined. That is based on the assumption that they will grow to dominate those companies, so that's the competition. BYD is probably a special case, so you can substitute BMW and Honda in for BYD.
Tesla basically had first mover advantage and got to where they are because the rest of the industry was slow to pivot to electric. That's changed. The industry seems to have figured out that electric is the future, and they're ramping up. Tesla is a technology company that makes cars and they're going to have to compete with car companies that merely need to adopt technology. Electric motors and chemical batteries aren't a niche field.
Apple is going to face the same problem if they think cars are going to be the next big thing for them. There are a minority of buyers that get excited by car tech, but most of them just want to buy something that will reliably get them to and from work for the next 10 years.
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$300 for a charger, really. Don’t be stupid and purchase this product. He’s an idiot. Don’t buy Tesla.
Do you have any support for any of that? I'm not sure exactly what name he files his patents under, but this is a bit sparse:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=elon+musk
compared to, say:
https://patents.google.com/?inventor=steve+jobs
I own a Tesla and am a Tesla Stan--this is too much for me, though.
No idea who will buy this.
No idea who will buy this.
Wrong. Model Y was delivered several months early FYI. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/03/tesla-starts-delivering-model-y-months-ahead-of-schedule/
Can we do a poll on Twitter to see if people think this charger should cost $59 and Tesla will abide by the poll?
If I just saw a picture of this, I'd figured someone had ripped a wireless charger out of a Tesla...
Should I…
- Boycott all of their products
- Refuse to use any of their products
- Ignore all of the products they bring to market
- All of the above