Comment by eco

Comment by eco 4 days ago

11 replies

Elon's $1T tranches are mostly based on market cap, right? Switching from just a carmaker to a "physical AI" company could be all he needs to convince the stock market to ignore Tesla's declining profits and raise the market cap even higher.

bdangubic 4 days ago

he’s done it time and time again and I don’t see him failing this time either.

  • aunty_helen 4 days ago

    The market for humanoid robots hasn’t been established like the market for $40,000 personal transport.

    Saying that, I wouldn’t be too surprised if robotaxi replaces 90% of taxis and Ubers in the next 5-7 years.

    But yea, stepping from sinking raft to the next…

    • bdangubic 4 days ago

      > Saying that, I wouldn’t be too surprised if robotaxi replaces 90% of taxis and Ubers in the next 5-7 years.

      How about we start with 0.00076% first before we start throwing insane numbers like 90% (chance of which happening are in-line with me marrying Beyonce)

    • jeltz 4 days ago

      Potentially in a few cities with high cost of living and nice weather, but certainly not worldwide. Not even the best can handle bad weather yet.

    • kccoder 4 days ago

      > I wouldn’t be too surprised if robotaxi replaces 90% of taxis and Ubers in the next 5-7 years

      I'd bet a kidney that doesn't happen.