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With Tesla in the picture, there is a lot of pressure on the BMW, Volkswagen etc to invest in the EV technology. So they would be chuckling now because with Tes
by tmptmp 10y ago
With Tesla in the picture, there is a lot of pressure on the BMW, Volkswagen etc to invest in the EV technology. So they would be chuckling now because with Tesla getting out of the competition (or with Tesla becoming weaker), they would have an easier task pushing their dirty-gas-guzzlers and of getting loads of easy profits.
With Tesla out, they can even squash the entire electric car efforts altogether and will plunder the money thus "saved" in the form of fat bonuses to the higher-ups (ala Volkswagen style), which they would have to invest in EV research otherwise.
I may seem exaggerating, but with the recent Volkswagen pollution scandal, many will agree with this. Tesla is better, Elon Musk is better in terms of innovation and their direction seems more promising for the public good. They are disrupting the fossil fuel giants who are hellbent in garnering as much money as they can at whatever costs.
I know I may (turn out to) be a foolish naive believing too much in Tesla and Musk, but I find myself helpless here.
- return0 10y ago> Tesla is better, Elon Musk is better Perhaps you live in a bubble, as most car makers barely raise an eyebrow over tesla as a competitor so far. Making tonloads of batteries is not necessarily better than making efficient, safe and less polluting "gas guzzlers". From the outside, it seems there is a push to revive the american car industry through EV, supported by lenient and eager to see results US regulators. Of course, time will tell, and in the process hopefully we will all have safer and eco-friendly cars.