Comment by bdcravens
21 hours ago
Elon's personality has been known before he ever came out in support of Trump. Think back to when he called someone trying to rescue kids a "pedo" because they ignored his idea of building a submarine. Moreover, his inability to deliver on promises has been a well-known fact for years.
Since when is someone trying to build a difficult thing on a tight timeline referred to as a "promise"?
He sets extremely ambitious goals and usually/often misses them, but the end result is that despite missing the ambitious goal, something amazing is delivered still much faster than anyone else could do it.
He regularly delivers on promises. What he consistently fails to deliver on is timelines.
I guess that's true if you stretch timelines to infinity. I'm still waiting on:
- L5 autonomous driving
- $35k Teslas
- Hyperloop
- Lunar trips to the moon on spacex
- Humans on Mars
But I guess if we just consider those delayed, then all good.
The entry level Model 3 currently sells for $38,630. In 2016 dollars, that's $28,600.