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Nissan was producing and selling a mass market electric car eight years ago, when Tesla still only had the Roadster.
by tomjakubowski 8y ago
Nissan was producing and selling a mass market electric car eight years ago, when Tesla still only had the Roadster.
- icelancer 8y agoTesla didn't sell mass market cars to jumpstart the industry, because that's not what the market wanted, very obviously. Elon correctly predicted the revolution needed to be an order of magnitude better in all competitive areas, not just slightly better or at par.
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- rohit2412 8y ago> Elon correctly predicted the revolution needed to be an order of magnitude better in all competitive areas, not just slightly better or at par. I don't think they are an order of magnitude better. Elon currently predicted that a personality cult and lies about futuristic capability sell cars
- icelancer 8y ago> I don't think they are an order of magnitude better. Elon didn't require rohit2412 to think this, fortunately. Just everyone else.
- giancarlostoro 8y agoHeck, there was GM's EV1 from the 90's. But apparently you were not allowed to own the damn thing, but people who leased it loved it. Maintenance wasn't a total mess apparently. Interesting car to look into. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1
- rohit2412 8y agoThey cancelled it because it wasn't a profitable program. Not enough people loved it enough to lease it.