Thank goodness that didn't happen. Tesla is doing amazing things and is on track to seriously shake up the automotive industry. I can't imagine that would be true under Google.
I had a friend who had a brief stint at Tesla, now she is in grad school.<p>She used to tell me stories of how she was constantly asked to work on different teams, doing totally unrelated tasks. She started as a project coordinator but one day she was asked to make sales calls. She also worked on delivering cars as well as give tours to the Tesla factory.
Could someone explain what Google believes its core competency is? Do they really think that over the long term they can be a software company and a car company?
I think it's too early for Tesla to sell. Maybe in 10 years. First allow it to get big enough to get a strong culture that <i>can't</i> be changed by another company. What do you think would happen if say GM bought Tesla now? Do you think Tesla would be able to convert GM to their way of doing things, or the other way around? (especially if Elon Musk leaves to focus on Space X)
I'm sorry Google people, but I find such company to be disguting.<p>Inspite of the fact its main business relies on advertisement, Google believes it is entitled to be a monopoly in technology(any sector).<p>One could use Thiel's argument of 'monopolies are good' until they are not. Being a monopoly in tech means being the god of tomorrow. In the end, what in the future will not be an outcome of current technology?