① Altman posted on the X platform on Thursday, demanding that Tesla... ① He was asked to return the $45,000 deposit he paid when he ordered the Roadster in 2018; ② The new Roadster was originally scheduled to be produced in 2020, but it has been repeatedly delayed, and Altman said that the seven and a half years of waiting was too long; ③ Altman's remarks sparked heated discussions among netizens, and some even suggested that he seek help from ChatGPT for a refund.
Another twist has been added to the feud between Altman and Musk. On Thursday night, US time, Altman posted on Tesla's X platform, demanding that Tesla refund the deposit he paid when ordering the Roadster.
Altman's order screenshots show that he ordered a Tesla Roadster for $45,000 in 2018, but he cancelled the order with Tesla last Thursday. An email was sent requesting the cancellation of the order and a $50,000 refund. However, the email was returned by Tesla .
In another post, Altman said he was really looking forward to the car and understood the delay, but the seven-and-a-half-year wait was just too long.
The new Roadster was once one of Tesla's most anticipated models. In 2017, Musk boasted that the Roadster would be the fastest car in history, bar none. It would be the first car to accelerate to 60 mph in just 2 seconds, and the first to accelerate to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds.
The Roadster was originally scheduled for production in 2020, but subsequent delays have been repeated. During an earnings call in October 2024, Musk revealed that Tesla was finalizing the Roadster's design, but the company was more focused on its core mission of achieving a sustainable energy future.
Musk's history of missed deadlines +1Altman's relationship with Musk deteriorated due to governance issues at OpenAI, with the two consistently criticizing each other in public. Altman's recent "rights protection" action is, to some extent, a veiled criticism of Tesla and Musk, intended to remind onlookers of Musk's history of defaulting on promises.
To date, Musk's promised self-driving cars... Ambitious plans such as ride-sharing and autonomous taxis have been repeatedly delayed. The promise made in 2015 to achieve full autonomous driving within two years has still not been realized ten years later; the vow to be ready to promote driverless taxis by 2020 remains empty talk...
Some investors are disappointed with Musk due to Tesla's slow progress in self-driving technology, and a growing number of shareholders are focusing on Tesla's plans for driverless taxis and humanoid robots. Breakthroughs in this area, and use this as an evaluation standard to measure Musk's work.
Altman's decision to bring up Roadster this week may also be influenced by Tesla's upcoming shareholder meeting. At next week's meeting, Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to approve Musk's trillion-dollar compensation package, and opinions among shareholders are quite divided.
While Altman's remarks may not be a "heavy weapon" to attack Musk, they certainly caused quite a stir online.
Some netizens suggested that if Altman didn't know how to get a refund, he should go back and ask ChatGPT. Others pointed out that if Altman had invested $45,000 in Tesla stock, it would have multiplied several times over by now. Still others mimicked Altman, saying they were really looking forward to AGI and understood the delays, but a seven-and-a-half-year wait was simply too long.
(Article source: CLS)
