| ▲ | Animats a day ago | |||||||
> Tesla went into humanoid robots because they noticed what kind of thing their AI architecture was developing into. Tesla went into humanoid robots to pump the stock. Musk recently claimed that 80% of Tesla's value is in Optimus.[1] (What is it with US auto company management? Tesla did well for a while, then Musk got distracted. No new models in years, and the Cybertruck turned out to be a dud. Stellantis has cut Chrysler down to one line of mini-vans, raised prices on everything, and messed up Jeep, which killed sales. The dealers demanded the CEO be fired, which was done. GM is being GM, plugging along. The CEO of Ford seems to have a clue. He got a BYD car to drive around and has been telling everybody that Ford has to get that good and that cheap, and fast, which they are trying to do.) [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-story-of-optim... | ||||||||
| ▲ | bbarnett 21 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Tesla went into humanoid robots to pump the stock. Everything else in your comment is more locked to direct observable info. However this really isn't. And frankly every CEO wants a healthy stock price, that doesn't mean the primary goal is "pump the stock", which is what you are stating is the goal here. That said, the Chrysler/Stellantis thing is just weirdosville. One thing I liked was this new platform: https://www.caranddriver.com/ram/1500-ramcharger but: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64781518/ram-ramcharger-1... They put all that work into it, hype, pre-launch, and it's even built on a common platform. The truck is basically the same as their pure-electric version, as the engine is simply used as a generator to charge. No major changes to the rest of the vehicle, just an added engine. You may wonder why I like this? Well I was hoping it's carry over to smaller Jeeps or even cars. I live in a rural area, and it gets quite cold here (-40C sometimes), which really reduces range. I want a PHEV, but also with a backup power plant. This is that. It also reduces a lot of the complexity of a hybrid. No dual drive train, or one part driven by gas engine, the other electric. I can see myself driving much of the summer with the engine only coming on rarely, but then needing the engine more and more in the winter. But at least I'd be on battery most of the time, even then. Heck, I can drive 100s of km without there being a fast charger here. We need bridge vehicles for the time being. But my rambling really goes back to, they developed the platform, started selling it, but held off on this final piece because of.. reasons? Weirdos. | ||||||||
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