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You honestly believe that DARPA would have given us the Tesla model Y?
by horns4lyfe 2y ago
You honestly believe that DARPA would have given us the Tesla model Y?
- fragmede 2y agoIt's possible that Tesla, which Musk didn't found, would have given us an EV by another name. Rivan also got us an electric truck before the cybertruck came out. Fisker's not doing so well though.
- lowkey 2y agoPossible sure - just as it is possible my next startup could be the next Tesla. In reality, when Elon joined Tesla they had nothing but early concept prototypes of a high-end sports car with the name Roadster. Elon took it from concept, to launch, to production. Then he did the same with the Model S/X/3, sold 5 million electric vehicles, made them so compelling that it completely disrupted the ICE vehicle market and sparked a gold rush of elecrification in the car industry resulting in a Trillion-dollar company. It's possible "which Musk didn't found" is doing some heavy lifting in your statement above.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoDARPA doesn't give us anything, it just runs with ideas and develops them enough to push to others to build and run. ARPA gave us TCP/IP, but MS, Google, telcos, etc. gave us the modern internet and the tools to use it