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Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down

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50Score · 7d
Nov 8, 2026First seen
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56
Comments
17
Submitted by
gumby
Posted
Nov 8, 2026
Site
cleantechnica.com

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Trending history

Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 8, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 5 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #10 of 29, reached on Nov 8, 17:09 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 17:24 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 16:2416:3916:5417:0917:24 Nov 8, 16:24 UTC · #22Nov 8, 16:39 UTC · #14Nov 8, 16:54 UTC · #11Nov 8, 17:09 UTC · #10Nov 8, 17:24 UTC · #10

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

053106160 16:2416:3916:5417:0917:24 Nov 8, 16:24 UTC · 46Nov 8, 16:39 UTC · 86Nov 8, 16:54 UTC · 119Nov 8, 17:09 UTC · 150Nov 8, 17:24 UTC · 160

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

Isn't Tesla trying to be SpaceX's vertically integrated robotics division? My gut feeling says they are trying to move out of the EV business as crazy as that may seem to us normals.

Cybercab seems to have had a very promising start, metrics are good. This seems far more of a political hate piece than one based on any data.

FSD that actually works and the massively popular in live markets robotaxi service are the obvious answer to “big-deal things that came after this CTO left” $2B cybertruck failure barely registers vs how impactful FSD has been on model Y / 3 sales. Tesla is supply constrained again, with multi-month waits for the…

Questions

Is Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 17:24 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down reached?

#10 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 8, 17:09 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Tesla Hasn't Had a Successful New Product Launch Since JB Straubel Stepped Down been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 8, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (5 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

56 points and 17 comments; submitted by gumby on Nov 8, 2026.