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by renzo88 1654 days ago
>Tesla is fucked long-term. I suspect Musk's plan is to pivot to being an energy/charging company - that Tesla cars were just a vehicle to get him a worldwide charger network and accompanying infrastructure (it's the one thing that Tesla does just about flawlessly.)

This was always my take as well. He wants to make cars (they're a halo product), but the real value of tesla is in skateboards, batteries, charging. I suspect that things like the roadster/cybertruck are tesla preparing to transition to a business model where car sales are not the largest part of their business.