When people sound incredulous about Tesla dying remember that history is littered with dead automotive brands.

Building cars is essentially dumb! The margins are tiny and the hopes of success without an experienced pair of car industry hands at the helm are near zero… I don’t believe that Tesla will go bust, it is too valuable and recognisable a brand name despite recent issues. I do however believe that Tesla will be acquired by either an American tech company or a Chinese automaker.

Tesla did it’s job, it pushed the world towards EVs and got people to believe that EVs don’t have to be super boring crap boxes. But in a world with Porsche Taycans, Hyundai Ioniq 5s, and F-150 Lightnings who needs a badly built, frumpy looking Model 3 or a vapourware Cybertruck? #Tesla #EVs

@gpowerf Had the opportunity to drive a Model 3 recently. Great drivetrain, but the UI was a HUGE deal-breaker for me. They assume that everything can and should be handled by thumb controls on the steering wheel, or "touch" controls on the magic mirror display.

Fine on a static display. Really not good when actually driving.

Great powertrain, but I'll be looking for another EV when time comes.

@Ouij one great thing about high powered EVs in general is that they have phenomenal drivetrains. All that low down torque is V8 beating. Why were V8s nice? Not really because the performance, even a little 4 pot could perform great.

@Ouij But the nice thing about a normal everyday V8 car was the effortless feeling of all that low down torque, and EVs have that and more. EV is the way to go, they are nicer and more common sense to make a car. No noise, all that torque, no smell, etc… environmental issues aside, EVs are nicer.