Tesla reported a hefty drop in second-quarter profits Tuesday due to the effect of price cuts while spending aggressively on autonomous driving and other technology.

  • Billiam@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Don’t worry guys; Tesla is an AI company, not a car company. So car sales don’t matter much, right?

    Right?

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      3 months ago

      Any moment now your investment in an automated taxi will pay off and you can live off of taxi fares.

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        3 months ago

        Who does the passenger’s family sue when the car drives them down a railroad track? The owner? Tesla? Elon?

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          3 months ago

          Wasn’t the driver supposed to monitor the system under the current law?

          What point are you making here?