Speaking of the richest man in the world today, I believe everyone will be very familiar with it. This is Elon Musk, the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" who likes to "die without shocking words". However, this famous Musk recently said He made a statement that left many people scratching their heads. Is this what Musk said in his speech at the end of May, "I'm very worried about bankruptcy"? Even the world's richest man is worried about bankruptcy? What the hell is going on? Musk: I'm very worried about bankruptcy?
An interview speech by Tesla CEO and now the world’s richest man Elon Musk at the end of May was exposed. Musk revealed during the conversation that Tesla is facing difficulties due to supply chain disruptions and battery manufacturing difficulties. Its two new factories in Texas, USA, and Berlin, Germany, have now lost billions of dollars.
Musk said: “The factories in Berlin and Austin are now huge money melting pots. They make a huge roar, which is the sound of money burning.” “The past two years have definitely been a blast. The nightmare of supply chain disruption. One thing leads to another, and we are still not out of the woods. What we are extremely worried about is how to keep the factories running and pay the workers without going bankrupt." Are you worried about bankruptcy?
If we look at the entire development process of Tesla, we will find that no matter what period of Tesla’s development, Tesla is actually in a state of relative lack of money. In the early days, Tesla faced a situation where it was almost bankrupt due to a shortage of funds. Still now Tesla is facing huge pressure and major financial problems.
Although Musk can rely on his own personal charm and a reality distortion field similar to that of Steve Jobs to finally turn decay into magic, after all, for a company like Tesla, It is said that a leader like Musk is actually rare. Once Musk shifts his focus to other industries, or one day Musk leaves Tesla, Tesla will face a huge financial crisis. The problem actually exists for a long time.
What we need to know is that for the entire new energy vehicle industry, in fact new energy vehicles are always a very money-burning industry. In the entire market, no matter which company wants to make new Energy vehicles require a huge amount of investment. There is even a saying in the domestic new energy vehicle market that if you want to make a new energy vehicle, you need to invest tens of billions to burn it first. After burning it, you will decide whether you have the ability to continue. To make new energy vehicles.
This is actually new, because on the one hand, new energy vehicles are an extremely technology-intensive industry. To do a good job in new energy vehicles requires a lot of investment in technology research and development and market innovation. Among this investment , it is actually difficult for ordinary automobile companies to achieve long-term sustainable high investment.
On the other hand, the development of the new energy vehicle industry is still in a state where the infrastructure is quite imperfect. Although countries around the world are constantly promoting the infrastructure construction of new energy vehicles, from the current perspective Look, it will take at least a long time for the infrastructure construction of new energy vehicles to be completely perfect and even as convenient as gas stations now. This is actually another source of high investment in new energy vehicles.