Quoted from RyanStl:

I mentioned earlier that I got to drive my BIL's Model S. A story he told me gives me more faith in Tesla than I had before. One morning he went to start the S and the thing went into full possession mode. Seriously, no "The power of Christ compels you." would get it back to normal. The blinkers were going off, the windows opening and closing, the horn honking, you name it. He calls Tesla and tells the tech what is happening and they aren't really believing him until they connect to the car and see what was going on.
They told him to turn it off and they'll send a tow tuck. He lives 45 minutes from the Tesla repair center. It took three days to fix and when Tesla called him back the person was trying to skirt around an issue. He didn't really want to say what happened, but then finally whispered to my BIL that he may have a rodent problem. Turns out a rodent chewed through one or more of the major wires.
My BIL looked around and started to see the evidence of a rodent and noticed the little signs, like droppings, etc. He goes to the hardware store to get traps and catches the Mofo. Turns out it was a big pack-rat. My BIL lives in a new subdivision nowhere near the woods or anything, but I suppose you still get these guys. In fact, the rodent had a mouse trap stuck to his foot and was still walking around with it before finally caught. A shovel to the head took care of that rat.
A Tesla employee drove the car back to my BIL and took an Uber back. There was no charge for the entire fix.
Turns out a month before the wife's SUV (not a Tesla) had an A/C hose chewed through and was replaced by warranty. The techs never mentioned it was possibly done by a rodent.

Quoted from robertmee:

But a foreign nations that's somewhat been subversive in their US relations...no thanks.

Quoted from Outlanes:

I do like it actually. I make money from the manufacturers, who ever does well and uses my services mean little to me, your Sinclair reference doesnt even work, as I've even worked with *gasp* TESLA. (Training staff for customer experience and building sales process mostly)
I'm not going to share any of their or anyone else's proprietary data, but my sources are the manufacturers themselves, not some blog pushing a specific type of vehicle and speculation without actual knowledge.
As for evidence that they would have better financials and repair network had they used a dealer model? Hell I figured a guy like you knows how franchises work and that expansion costs a fraction, and the franchises pay a share of your infrastructure. And a network of dealers would far exceed their current repair facility count.
Vehicle service contracts are similar to insurance, so they would pay tesla for the repairs required. Youd probably know them as extended warranties although that term is incorrect. Many of them exclude tesla from coverage as the loss ratios are now too high and unpredictable. Make some calls to a couple you google and compare the rates to a 50k car like a genesis or a cadillac.
It's your logic that's flawed as you're the one with an agenda. You say dealers push people from evs and speculate as to why without any knowledge and wrongly assumed it was because of service revenue, I pointed out that retention is so low that would never be the motivation.
The reason dealers push people from evs is because they KILL their csi numbers. The batteries never perform as advertised because of weather, climate needs etc and the customers always kill the dealer, which snowballs into a myriad of problems for them without offering enough profit.

Quoted from rubberducks:

If that $1Bn bond matures with the share price at current levels, they'll need to pay it in cash.

Quoted from AAAV8R:

the plan was never discussed with the board

Quoted from goatdan:

Change is hard for many. But they won't stop change from happening.

Quoted from Brijam:

Back in 2016 willfully ignorant people could shit all over Tesla and sound like they knew what they were talking about, but in 2020? This is just hilarious.
Are you also still betting the landline will beat the iPhone because copper is cheaper, more durable and has better sound quality? Or that cable TV will beat streaming services because dial-up Internet is too slow? Do you think LCDs will somehow be dropped from pinball machines in favor of EM score reels because they are superior and 'people enjoy the sound'?
I have been driving the same Tesla for over 7 years. Every day. I drive it HARD. Brutally hard. It's bulletproof. It's an astonishing, mind-blowingly sweet ride that never gets old. I gun it and it still makes me smile. It is an amazing vehicle.
But go on, tell us all about how disposable they are.

Quoted from goatdan:

What in the world are you talking about?