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          1 year ago

          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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            I agree. Elon is what made the car known. These two struggled with getting a prototype done. They never had plans to mass build the cars. They didn’t even start off making cars. The prototype was to show their drive train. For all his flaws, Elon vision is what pushed Tesla forward. Otherwise, if these guys were the ones to do it. You think they’d have done it again but their other companies didn’t blow up. They’ve struggled. Good engineers are not always good at everything. They were good engineers. Strategy, marketing, etc that want their thing and nobody markets like Elon

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                The Roadster started after Elon was involved.

                THey were about to go bankrupt until Elon showed up with cash.

                They would have never become the Tesla we know today with the founders. It’s that simple.

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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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                    Can you point to where I called him a founder? I get Elon bad, but had he not shown up, there would be no Tesla.

                    He brought in billions of dollars to invest. Not all of it was his, of course, he talked his friends into investing as well.

                    I am a big fan of the Tesla car, I am not a fan of Elon but I respect he drove the electric car forward. While he has constantly over promised and under delivered, the car is a good car.

                    eta: I also think Tesla has outgrown Elon at this point. I think he does more harm than good for the company now.

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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.

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          …isn’t Prius the Prius of electric cars?

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            Sadly Toyota hasn’t made an all electric Prius. The Prius prime is the closest you can get, but the standard Prius generates all the energy for the hybrid battery from the ICE.

            Also unless you live in a relatively small number of states, the Prius Prime isn’t even something you can easily buy.

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          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

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            That’s not true, they’re saving shareholders from losing profits.