Having to replace an EV battery is about as common as having to replace an entire engine. It doesn’t really happen. I’ve been driving EVs for 6 years. Never had to worry about the battery. 100,000 mile+ 8 year battery warranties are standard

In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh. And in 1985, they fired their founder Steve Jobs, by a vote of the Board of Directors. As his detractors were quick to point out, Jobs wasn't perfect. He was a bit immature in that first phase of his career. He was knowing for firing employees on the spot, intense micromanagement, and harsh criticism that could make him tough to work for. But when he left, things changed. The company languished, and almost died. Microsoft dominated the market, and Apple's operating system fell behind. Meanwhile, Jobs went and started a new company. He called it NeXT computer. Did you know the first prototype of the worldwide web was built on a NeXT computer? It was a high end machine with powerful object oriented programming that was incredibly forward thinking for its time... but ultimately never found success as a business. Flash forward to 1997, and Apple is trapped. They need a new operating system and considered a few options. They looked at BeOS and... a little company called NeXT. You know how the story goes. They end up buying NeXT, and the NeXTSTEP operating system becomes... the next step for Apple. Jobs returns as CEO, first on an interim basis and then permanently. That's right — every Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro is built with the technology created at NeXTSTEP. When Jobs left Apple, he took the heart and soul of the company with him. And while he was gone he would create the technology that would set the company up for the next phase of growth. When I was a kid and I heard this story (which became folklore for my generation of software developers) I thought "who could fire Steve Jobs? Who could be so stupid as to vote to fire him?" Now here we are in 2024 and we are voting on whether to fire the Steve Jobs of our time, Elon Musk. Instead of NeXT, Elon's new company is called X / xAI. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes. Will we be stupid enough to forget history's lessons and condemn Tesla to a decade of mediocrity, like Apple in the age of Sculley? Should we bring Pepsi's CEO in to lead Tesla? Sadly, I can't promise you that we are not stupid enough to make the same mistake again. I hear from a lot of stupid people every day. I think Elon will be fine either way. When Jobs was fired he dumped all his shares right away, and Elon could probably sell quickly before things got too bad. I'm sure he'll have success at xAI, SpaceX, Neuralink and his other ventures. I wouldn't be surprised to see him build a robot at one of those other companies as well. But Tesla will languish. They will be unlikely to launch a Robotaxi service, let alone a humanoid robot. I hope people make the right choice.