[ninetyninenine]

Your post is just as misleading. The ceo is irrelevant and his outward appearance speaks nothing to performance.

The more realistic assessment is that the path of innovation approaches a limit. Tesla was first to market, after that there’s not much left to innovate other than fusion powered cars.

Tesla created the market and they are losing first mover advantage as competitors move in and set up shop. The market is saturating and this is actually expected.

[eastendguy]

"there’s not much left to innovate"

???

Totally disagree. Just one example: Tesla has only two global mass market models (3+Y). There is plenty of room to innovate on this topic alone. Model 2? Model whatever. Nothing new in years.

[ninetyninenine]

You mean planned obsolescence innovation with different but useless designs? They change the shape of the iPhone all the time just to keep it feeling new.

Tesla has been innovating on battery tech. Improving performance, efficiency and staying power instead of working on gimmicky features that are more for marketing.