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Tesla just quietly snagged the Tesla.com domain

• bigdubs 11y ago
  Without knowing the details of the transfer it's hard to draw conclusions. It's possible a sale occurred, rather than a lapse.
  • eslaught 11y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11134786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11134786
    • bigdubs 11y ago
      So that answers that; the posted headline reads like they somehow acquired it clandestinely (which may or may not be the case, except now there is an interview with the seller).
      • dandelany 11y ago
        Not really, it implies they didn't make a PR event out of the change, they just did it.
  • joelrunyon 11y ago
    It was definitely a sale - https://www.namepros.com/blog/tesla-acquires-tesla-com-we-speak-with-the-seller.921692/ https://www.namepros.com/blog/tesla-acquires-tesla-com-we-sp...
• reustle 11y ago
  I didn't even realize they didn't have it, I had to look up what they were using before. It was teslamotors.com
  • cloudwalking 11y ago
    They still are using teslamotors.com; tesla.com forwards there.
• JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  > Since 1992, the domain Tesla.com has been owned by an engineer and Nikola Tesla fan named Stu Grossman, to the chagrin of Tesla Motors... Well, ya know, you should do your homework when picking a name for yourself.
  • jabgrabdthrow 11y ago
    Yeah, respect web 1.0 internet infrastructure gatekeeper database homesteading!!
• ForHackernews 11y ago
  Well that's sad. Nikola Tesla is much more important than Tesla cars.
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