[yekim]

Caught the tail end of the event. Elon definitely comes across as genuine and a real person. That said, a little practice in the stage presence / showmanship department could certainly help things flow smoother and amp up the excitement a bit; something this brand and its cars deserve!

[colechristensen]

Everything is overmarketed these days.

I prefer things underdone.

[agumonkey]

And he is actually plowing hard on real value, unlike so many industries. Tesla raises everything up to eleven, leaving the low hanging fruits being background noise. I don't want to win an easy Jobs point, but it feels like the early iPhone era. They bring out new engineering features on a regular basis that are 2x better than the state of the market. I wonder how angry the other manufacturers are now.

[BigChiefSmokem]

I enjoyed it a lot.

It had that iPhone/iPad launch (genuine) excitement to it. Those cheers were real even if half of them were Tesla employees. And yeah he should practice more but I also don't think you can fake the kind of charm someone like Steve Jobs just naturally had on stage.

[rootlocus]

That's an odd expression: "comes across as genuine and a real person". Aren't we all real? Is this a fantasy?

[tdylan]

Genuine as compared to other CEOs talking about their products. See: recent talk by Blackbery CEO.

[foota]

or how about the adobe CEO trying to defend their product's costs in Australia?

[hayksaakian]

Genuine in the sense of honesty

[smallape]

I love the way he presents. None of this over the top nonsense or Lenny Kravitz.