Why did Musk buy Tesla rather than create a car company on his own from scratch?
On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 08:26:25 AM PST, Michael Ross via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
"Musk isn't a real engineer, and without engineers, Tesla dies."
As a manufacturing, and electromrchanical product design engineer for 3
decades I am calling troll bullshit jealousy on part A of this quote.
EM is a fine engineer in many disciplines. Mechanical, software, aerospace,
rocket engine development, I am very impressed at his manufacturing
engineering, and his management (which includes hiring the best). Plenty of
mistakes made, but his embrace of breaking prototypes to learn fast has
been remarkable.
I have been following Tesla and SpaceX since before Model S and during the
early rocket testing in Macgregor TX. I have been listening to EM all the
while. He is clearly visionary.
Any one who can't credit EM with real engineering chops, clearly is not a
working engineer.
As to parts B & C, that is obvious, and so what? Do you think any other
similar edeavors are different?
As far as behavior goes, lots of mistakes there. EM is on the spectrum and
still does pretty well. I have to take the good and the bad to have a
balanced outlook. He would likely not hire me, if for no reason than I like
laying in the sun an planting stuff to make my yard prettier, more than I
like the corporate engineering environment. I can still repect real
accomplishment.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 9:35 PM EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org>
wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2022 at 13:34
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> Musk isn't a real engineer, and without engineers, Tesla dies.
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