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> E.g. Elon and EVs. Man, Nissan just gets no love at all. They did the EV thing before Elon ran X into the ground (the bank, not the website formerly known as
by tmtvl 2y ago
> E.g. Elon and EVs.
Man, Nissan just gets no love at all. They did the EV thing before Elon ran X into the ground (the bank, not the website formerly known as Twitter): https://www.motortrend.com/features/nissan-leaf-ev-history-pioneer-future/ https://www.motortrend.com/features/nissan-leaf-ev-history-p...
- gosub100 2y agoThe claim wasn't "Elon made the first-ever, mass-produced, street-legal 0 emissions vehicle powered by electricity.
- xp84 2y agoI have no dog in the EV race, but the Leaf never had an important impact in the USA at least. They were incredibly impractical due to their short range. I also never heard anyone say they were fast either, so I have to credit Musk with making the first BEV that was both widely useful and fun to drive, which were two things we didn’t believe EVs were back then.