[helpPeople]

Only 4 more years until Elon Musk puts a $30,000 Tesla on Mars where solar power roofs cost the same as conventional.

I believed it until about 3 years ago, when I realized spaceX is Elon's government subsidized advertisement for his other projects. Also the 30k car is never coming. And the roof price is loaded with astricks to be 'correct".

We really need to wake up to the next gen marketing tactics.

[muthdra]

That's not how marketing works. You don't try to make reusable interplanetary rockets just to sell cars. That would be the worst marketing tactic of all time.

[virgilp]

I would argue that compared to status quo (ie either Russia, or Boeing &co) SpaceX saves the government a lot of money...

[smnrchrds]

> the 30k car is never coming

Never is a strong word. We may not get 30k electric cars in 5 years, but we will eventually. We may not get full autonomous vehicles in a decade, but we will certainly have it before the turn of the century.

[thatfrenchguy]

You mean when global warming will make most of the US a nightmare ? Great.