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Elon Musk says he wants a significantly larger stake in Tesla than the one that already made him the richest person on the planet.

In a series of posts on X Monday night, Musk said that he would not want to grow Tesla to become a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics without a compensation plan that would give him ownership of around 25% of the company’s stock. That would be about double the roughly 13% stake he currently owns.

Just casually asking for a roughly 80 Billion dollar pay raise. But at this point would Tesla be better off without him?

    • AshMan85@lemmy.worldEnglish
      464·
      8 个月前

      Well considering telsa isn’t even the #1 ev any more? I guess anything else.

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        189·
        8 个月前

        In the world, but not in most western nations.

        Edit: why the downvotes? If I wanted to buy a car from the number one brand in my nation, I couldn’t right now. BYD isn’t selling cars in the US. Moreover, their presence in Europe is still small.

        • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          8 个月前

          They downvote you because that’s a very western-centric vision.

          Additionally, a car manufacturer in one of your western nations, Volkswagen, is also one of the top EV manufacturers.

          And nearly every other manufacturer like Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes and Ford are now making EVs too. So it’s not like there’s a shortage of non-Tesla EVs in the western.

          • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            8 个月前

            All I’m saying that #1 is relative with car brands.

            In Europe and the Americas, the Model Y is still king. By you’re right, VW group is catching up.

            Right now BYD is killing it because they’re affordable and a brand that centered in the world’s largest auto market. Outside of China, BYDs numbers are very very different.

          • guacupado@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 个月前

            The console is obnoxiously large though. I rented one and it felt like being back in a HMMWV.

            • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              8 个月前

              Yeah, they should’ve taken a page out of the S60. That center console has some weird decisions.

              I’ll still gladly take the Volvo / Polestar interior over Telsa’s cheap minimalist interior.

      • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
        114·
        8 个月前

        Just found out Volvo is owned by a Chinese investment group, not sure how I feel about supporting that either.

        Is it even possible to ethically buy a car in this day and age?

        • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          8 个月前

          what’s the difference between a Chinese investment group and a US investment group? They are both terrible. There’s no ethical mega corp, I’m afraid.

          • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            52·
            8 个月前

            While your statement is accurate and I won’t necessarily argue it, I think it’s a bit simplistic in a nuanced world.

        • ski11erboi@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          8 个月前

          I felt the same way but ended up going with a volvo anyway because Chinese Investment or not, the company does at least try to make an effort to be more safe, ethical, and sustainable. Given the alternatives I made the decision that volvo was still the right car for me.

    • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 个月前

      I would buy from a company that knows how to build cars already so the difference is mostly a new power train, not an entirely new product. That’s not to say Tesla, Lucid, or Rivian can’t build a good product, but there are more unknowns with them. As with any car, be careful buying the first model year.

    • brick@lemm.eeEnglish
      63·
      8 个月前

      The Ford Mach-E is excellent. I have also heard great things about Kia/Hyundai, VW and Volvo EVs as well.

      In 2016 I drove a Tesla Model S P85D and I was surprised at how crappy the interior was considering it was a six figure car. And I don’t mean minimalist, I mean poor quality.

      Back then, Tesla was you only real option. Today, there’s a lot of great competition in the market.

      • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        31·
        8 个月前

        VW and Volvo both make some pretty bad EV’s IME, they have a ton of software issues and the entire infotainment system is insanely slow and buggy, which is a big problem when thats the main interface to the car. The interior is also very low quality. But these are probably general issues for them though and not strictly their EVs.

      • jflorez@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        8 个月前

        I have a Hyundai Kona Electric and it is fantastic. My next car will be the next version on the Kona EV in a few years