PR drive by the big three auto firms. Possibly the oil companies too. Tesla is starting to become a threat. I imagine the extent of the flurry of news reportin

PR drive by the big three auto firms. Possibly the oil companies too. Tesla is starting to become a threat. I imagine the extent of the flurry of news reporting correlates to the dollars spent on advertising in each individual outlet. It's painfully clear from the tenor of the writing and the selection of facts that they are trying to paint Teslas as being unsafe, un-roadworthy and electric cars as being a bad idea in general. Relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html