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> Tesla is not a car company.

what does this even mean?



Tesla is a battery company.


doesn’t panasonic make tesla’s batteries? even if tesla does make their own batteries, their primary product is automobiles. are other car makers engine companies? (of course some car companies do sell their engines to other car companies, but i think the point i am making is still clear.)


I did emphasize the 'a', right? They are not a car company; not just any car company; not like any other car company on Earth (or Mars, come the day). Thank goodness, this shows in more or less all aspects of their marketing and PR.

Also, as someone says below, they're a battery company.


Does being a battery company make them more adept at streaming? gp's point was that streaming is not a Tesla core competency, not that they are particularly bad at it because they are a car company.




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