Well "Detroit" is really 2, or maybe 3, different "holding" companies, making up about a half dozen brands (give or take after everything shakes out).
Additionally, 1/2 of "Detroit", Ford Motor Company, while not posting stellar returns has managed to stay viable and not take any government bailout money. We will see what the future brings...
So, what he is really saying is "Let me run GM", a job for which he is fully underqualified and unprepared for.
Paypal was a pretty big success for him. It is unclear if that was more skill or luck, although it seems like it lands on the side of luck if I had to pick one or the other. Paypal also gained a rightfully earned reputation, even before ebay bought them, for having fairly horrible customer service. Maybe Elon's plan for fixing GM is just to randomly deny valid warranty claims and seize customer cars without warning (you could file a dispute process though, if you really wanted to).
Yeah, this whole thing is a PR stunt, but it kind of makes him (IMO) come off looking like an ass. I might feel differently if his tenure at Tesla has produced something that has a chance of being a free standing viable car company, but that is so far not a foregone conclusion.
Additionally, 1/2 of "Detroit", Ford Motor Company, while not posting stellar returns has managed to stay viable and not take any government bailout money. We will see what the future brings...
So, what he is really saying is "Let me run GM", a job for which he is fully underqualified and unprepared for.
Paypal was a pretty big success for him. It is unclear if that was more skill or luck, although it seems like it lands on the side of luck if I had to pick one or the other. Paypal also gained a rightfully earned reputation, even before ebay bought them, for having fairly horrible customer service. Maybe Elon's plan for fixing GM is just to randomly deny valid warranty claims and seize customer cars without warning (you could file a dispute process though, if you really wanted to).
Yeah, this whole thing is a PR stunt, but it kind of makes him (IMO) come off looking like an ass. I might feel differently if his tenure at Tesla has produced something that has a chance of being a free standing viable car company, but that is so far not a foregone conclusion.