> Why is it seen initially so negatively?

They went from being able to profitably produce a luxury car, to not being able to profitably produce a luxury car, to not being able to produce a luxury car at all. All while becoming uncompetitive in the econobox market, and losing huge chunks of it even before their real competitors arrive in market…

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jeltz 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, in Europe Tesla is not losing to BYD. They are losing to VW and BMV before the Chinese manufacturers have entered the competition for real.

	▲	WorldMaker 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And Renault and Dacia and MG and… Europe doesn't seem to want for EV competition in anything like the same way that the US is falling behind.

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MBCook 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But they’re making a robot! It will totally save the company!

On top of all the problems you have identified, as well as more, they’re clearly now just aiming for fantasy land.