Most things started after money came in. But that was always the plan.
So Elon brought money. Say that. Calling him a founder brings an idea that he brought the ideas, which he didn’t. He should be called a venture capitalist.
Existing car manufacturers had no incentive or desire to change. If they wanted to they could have done this 2 decades ago. They still dragged their feet when Tesla took off, and you can say are still dragging their feet. The Leaf being air cooled? Toyota doesn’t have an EV. Etc.
Tesla is the Prius of electric cars. It made them popular enough that EVs went mainstream.
People hate Elon for good reasons, but with these two in charge, Tesla would have gone bankrupt like most other car companies.
They shouldn’t be written out of history, but just be treated as idealistic founders that left when it was their time.
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Ummm they had plans, the whole start with the top end and slowly go down.
https://youtu.be/JW95LCkxlb4?si=QLwvcDoi9CuP-wrX
They had the Roadster, that was the plan and they did it. Why you’re focusing on a prototype drivetrain is frankly weird.
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Most things started after money came in. But that was always the plan.
So Elon brought money. Say that. Calling him a founder brings an idea that he brought the ideas, which he didn’t. He should be called a venture capitalist.
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This entire thread is about how he and others calls him a founder.
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Bullshit.
It would have happened anyways.
Maybe give them credit for it happening 1-3 years earlier, but it was still going to happen.
Existing car manufacturers had no incentive or desire to change. If they wanted to they could have done this 2 decades ago. They still dragged their feet when Tesla took off, and you can say are still dragging their feet. The Leaf being air cooled? Toyota doesn’t have an EV. Etc.
What was the last thing you contributed to society?
…isn’t Prius the Prius of electric cars?
Who gives a shit? The planet is still going to die and society is still going to collapse. Electric cars aren’t saving anyone from anything
That’s not true, they’re saving shareholders from losing profits.