You can start complaining when Tesla starts begging for a government bailout after producing shitty products for 20 years. In fact, Detroit does so badly that just about any advice would be an improvement. Developing a car like this would have cost them a billion dollars with the same number of delays, except they wouldn't have come up with the idea in the first place.
Let's not forget all the other projects that are "late and over budget, has gone through loads of redesigns, still has bugs". Just about any big project these days are. Construction projects, government restructurings, industrial design projects..it just happens that very much of what happens today is related to software.
Best of all, the conclusion doesn't match the derisive tone of the article. It actually sounds like he's praising the project in the last sentence.
"But the past two years have been rocky for Tesla, which first announced it would build a big factory in New Mexico, then said it would instead build in San Jose, after California dangled incentives to stay in the state."
Oh no! They took advantage of incentives to change their plans.
Yeah, I read that and was unable to understand how this was un-intelligent. Announce something, change plans without committing any work in exchange for payola. Sounds smart to me.
You can start complaining when Tesla starts begging for a government bailout after producing shitty products for 20 years. In fact, Detroit does so badly that just about any advice would be an improvement. Developing a car like this would have cost them a billion dollars with the same number of delays, except they wouldn't have come up with the idea in the first place.
Let's not forget all the other projects that are "late and over budget, has gone through loads of redesigns, still has bugs". Just about any big project these days are. Construction projects, government restructurings, industrial design projects..it just happens that very much of what happens today is related to software.
Best of all, the conclusion doesn't match the derisive tone of the article. It actually sounds like he's praising the project in the last sentence.