Well yes, they’re subsidized by a country that has focused on increasing the quality and speed of manufacturing for like 3 generations. The US stagnated on that front. You cannot compete with a subsidized oligopoly composed of more skillful people.
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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Just to be clear, the US heavily subsidizes the auto industry as well, it’s just that because we’ve bailed them out so many times the auto industry hasn’t cared to innovate in decades.
I saw this guy talking to his assistant at a shitty hotel/resort and he treated her like a normal human. It was oddly comforting that CEO's could do that.
Damn sounds like it's time to trade up to a rivian
I'm really hoping the R3 will be under $40k (it won't).
R2 reservation gang represent!
Founding CEOs and those working for small companies usually are at least not-far-removed from the life experiences of their employees. In many cases they draw a relatively low salary and have a meager lifestyle compared to their most skilled employees. The pop culture tropes of the callous fatcat, ruthless machiavel, nepotistic bungler, etc are informed mostly by career CEOs hired by much larger corporations.
Just try to make a better car than Tesla. Seems like that shouldn't be so difficult, given how much their cars suck by general opinion.
There are plenty of cars better than tesla. Tesla has the mind share though. And that counts for a lot.