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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(128,191 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:35 PM Thursday

Tesla Just Published a New "Master Plan" and Um, How Do We Say This

Elon Musk's Tesla has revealed its new "master plan" — and it's so chock-full of meaningless corporate buzzwords, we can't help but suspect that it was generated by an AI chatbot.

The so-called "Master Plan Part IV" follows up on Musk's preceding "master plan" installment, which underwhelmed investors back in early 2023 with a vague promise to greatly streamline manufacturing, the consequent release of a cheaper EV, and in-house lithium refinement for batteries.

The embattled company's followup master plan isn't much more confidence-inducing, giving a sense of a lack of vision as Tesla deals with the fallout of plummeting sales, disastrous finances, and an extremely polarizing CEO at the helm.

For starters, the plan was laid out in a carefully-formatted tweet — not a presentation or PDF — on Musk's social media platform X. It's void of virtually any specifics, as Ars Technica points out, reading suspiciously like it may have been assembled by xAI's chatbot Grok.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/tesla-just-published-a-new-master-plan-and-um-how-do-we-say-this/ar-AA1LOU2r

Maybe but corporate gobbledygook was around before AI. AI has just made producing such easier.

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Tesla Just Published a New "Master Plan" and Um, How Do We Say This (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
"Master Plan" Mike Nelson Thursday #1
Given Musk's opinion on race relations in South Africa EdmondDantes_ Thursday #8
"Master Race, oh, Plan, I meant PLAN!..." RockRaven Thursday #2
He just wanted to use the term Master Plan lame54 Thursday #3
Phase I: Cars crash and burn struggle4progress Thursday #4
I think Elon is basically a lazy guy, that's why he runs around trying to show so much "energy" Walleye Thursday #5
Master Baiter, is more like it. OC375 Thursday #6
If your "Master Plan" is up to Version IV, perhaps it's not a very good plan to begin with... Wounded Bear Thursday #7

Mike Nelson

(10,721 posts)
1. "Master Plan"
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:44 PM
Thursday

... for some reason, I would not give my new plan that title - "Master Plan" - as it conjures up other plans... Maybe he will call his new car "Edsel" or... how about calling his new political party the...

EdmondDantes_

(861 posts)
8. Given Musk's opinion on race relations in South Africa
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 03:08 PM
Thursday

And his nazi salute, that's probably the joke.

struggle4progress

(124,340 posts)
4. Phase I: Cars crash and burn
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:46 PM
Thursday

Phase II: Rockets crash and burn
Phase III: Companies crash and burn
Phase IV: Countries crash and burn

Walleye

(42,244 posts)
5. I think Elon is basically a lazy guy, that's why he runs around trying to show so much "energy"
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:54 PM
Thursday

I can’t believe the guy is real. He put a cyber truck on the market made of sheet metal that was glued together, glued together.

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