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> Arguably, if it wasn't for the weed-smoking twitter troll, those established car companies would still not be investing in EVs. I think Tesla made EVs cooler
by bildung 8y ago
> Arguably, if it wasn't for the weed-smoking twitter troll, those established car companies would still not be investing in EVs.
I think Tesla made EVs cooler or made them look like an actual option, but it isn't true that other car makers just ignored EV options. They produced them for decades, there just was no public interest. VW for example had a new electric model at least once every decade for over 50 years now (a golf each in the 70s, 80s and 90s, a EV bus in the 70s etc.), there just wasn't much mainstream interest.
- kalefranz 8y agoVW and incumbent manufacturers never built a supercharger network that made long-distance travel in their EVs feasible.
- mikestew 8y agoThe goalposts seem to be in fine shape this morning, look at them go!
- tim333 8y agoThey are investing in EVs mostly because governments are moving towards mandating them to combat global warming and pollution eg. "Norway to 'completely ban petrol powered cars by 2025'" etc. Not mostly because of Tesla.