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> Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an
by eganist 5y ago
> Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an unrelated foundation.
Largely because it'd be a jerk move and PR nightmare to obligate a rename given Henry Ford founded it, but if the two organizations are entirely distinct without even sharing common leaders or finances today, it's safe to say the risk doesn't exist.
Let's tone the conspiracies down a notch. CR also had the Ford foundation's involvement back when Tesla outscored every other car in CR's ranks.