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The car companies just made compliance cars (and created astroturf org) to battle that. Until Tesla shamed them, they never really had to make serious effort.
by cowmix 8y ago
The car companies just made compliance cars (and created astroturf org) to battle that. Until Tesla shamed them, they never really had to make serious effort.
- extra88 8y agoShaming is very different than presenting an actual threat which some people claim Tesla was or is.
- cowmix 8y agoWhen I say "shame" I mean the consensus from the auto industry was/is: 1) EVs are slow 2) EVs can go far on a single charge 3) EVs are ugly 4) Batteries degrade a lot over time 5) EVs are expensive. etc, etc, etc Tesla has knocked out most of those bullet points.