@wholemars It ought to be an EREV (extended range EV) which would allow for a much smaller battery and bring down costs. Start at $49,990. That's more like it.
@SmokeyShorts@JesseCohenInv I understand the sentiment but there’s just absolutely no way to say that parking hard earned dollars there in $RIVN is the strong smart play when there’s just so many other mid to long term plays in the market. With way less risk. And just as much if not more upside.
@SmokeyShorts@JesseCohenInv Mmmmm even in spite of owning one, ironically as a stock, it’s just a car company. I don’t see how it’s a 20x bagger anytime soon.
Tesla CyberSUV Concept
— Built on Cybertruck platform
— Steer by wire, 48 volt, rear wheel steering
— Charge up to 500 kW with 4680 structural pack
— 7 or 8 seat configurations
— AI5 self-driving
— Starts at $79,990
Would you buy one?
Elon Musk cried on national television when his childhood heroes called him a fraud.
Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, publicly testified against SpaceX. They said Musk was reckless. That private spaceflight was dangerous. That he was going to get people killed. They asked Congress to shut him down.
These were the men Musk grew up worshipping. The posters on his wall. The reason he built rockets in the first place. And they went on television and said he was a disgrace to space exploration.
In a 60 Minutes interview shortly after, Musk was asked about it. He started speaking and his voice broke. His eyes filled. He couldn't finish the sentence. The richest man in tech, the guy who argues with regulators and fires engineers mid-meeting, sat on camera and cried because his heroes rejected him.
He didn't stop building. He didn't change direction. He didn't even respond to them publicly. He just kept launching rockets until the rockets proved him right.
Armstrong never lived to see SpaceX land a booster. Cernan never saw Starship. The men who said it couldn't be done died before the man they doubted did it.
Most people need approval from the people they admire before they act. Musk got the opposite of approval and acted anyway. That's the gap. Not talent. Not money. The willingness to keep building while the people you love most tell you to stop.