Love him or hate him, I think it's clear Musk has lost the focus on Tesla he once had. He was good for the company for quite some time, but I would argue that at this stage he's more of a hindrance than a help.
Oh, will it get cancelled like the last time, from the same reasons? Board is still more-less the same. And last time it got cancelled because board was not independent.
Based on what I've read in the news about this, this vote to reaffirm the same deal has little or no practical effect: It isn't a replacement of the deal that was struck down. The deal and the board have the same defects. None of the other shenanigans like moving the state of incorporation to Texas has an effect on the Delaware court case and any appeals etc. that are being filed. In other words we just witnessed a shareholder vote that was drafted and promoted as key to Tesla's future in AI, but, in fact, has no effect.
I hope this lights a fire under the naysayers (Gerber etc) to actually start setting up a truly independent board.... or sell off their shares and let Tesla sink/swim with Elon's eccentricities.
Maybe it's because in 2016 Tesla claimed "that, as of today, all Tesla vehicles produced in our factory – including Model 3 – will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver". That was a lie: https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now...
Maybe it's because Tesla lies about things as dumb as quarter mile times. There's simply no need to lie about it, but lying is just too much a part of the company culture:
You make some very sinophobic arguments in your posts. While I think it's right for the West to be cautious about China, I don't think wanting to cooperate with China makes a man a bad person.
Your post also quotes a number of opinion pieces that are politically partisan against Musk. It's easy to compile a list of hit pieces against a popular individual if you go looking in sources like Electrek, whose editor Fred Lambert spends most of his time bashing Elon on Twitter (usually without much substance, and certainly without any semblance of balance)
> You make some very sinophobic arguments in your posts
There is nothing sinophobic in seeing China as it is. There's nothing russophobic in seeing Russia as it is. There's nothing Muskophobic in seeing Musk as he is.
> I don't think wanting to cooperate with China makes a man a bad person.
Musk offers up plenty of criticisms of the US government. Here's a fun exercise for you: show me a single criticism of the Chinese government from Musk.
> It's easy to compile a list of hit pieces
Uh huh. Tell me, have you (like Musk) pledged your commitment to China's core socialist values?
Now we can all watch the business slowly being run into the ground by Elon's increasingly bizarre decisions.