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I hate Musk with a white hot intensity but I want Tesla to succeed. I think it’s important to stop burning oil, and I think the traditional car industry would drop EV production like a hot potato if the Tesla threat went away. I drive a Ford PHEV and I have a short commute so I buy gas a couple times a year. It was the better option for me, but I want people to keep buying teslas. So, they’re not tools, they’re smart, good-looking, and wonderful dancers.
Meh... Tesla has done it's job pushing us to EVs. The big players all have an EV that's competative to superior than what Elon is offering.
It's a self sustaining cycle outside of Tesla now.
Yep. Tesla can eat shit.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/16/elon-musks-las-vegas-loop-might-only-carry-a-fraction-of-the-passengers-it-promised/ food for thought? So Musk isn't the man who we thought he is. He doesn't really care about the environment as much as he pretends to. This guy is all fake!
Yeah. Total phony and a very dangerous piece of shit. Believe me I hate rooting for his shitty car company but with electric cars at least there’s the possibility of running them from carbon free sources like wind and solar. I always thought the hyper loop was all hype no loop.
Electric cars / Tesla aren’t doing anything to save the environment. Their only purpose is to keep the car industry going a bit longer.
How is the energy produced that goes into the vehicles? What about the workers in the “we’ll coup who we like” countries which dig up the resources to build the batteries? What about all the resources to build the things? What happens to the cars after the battery is done?
We should instead be thinking about building a better world where we don’t need to rely on cars to go to meaningless and harmful jobs. Cities should be more hostile to cars in general, and build environments which are more pedestrian / bike / remote worker friendly.
I get it, I do. In fact I’d say I agree wholeheartedly with your third paragraph. But I reject the idea that imperfect steps in the right direction aren’t worth taking. We can’t scrap the suburbs and create a walkable city overnight. It will take time and concerted effort. In the meantime I charge my car with sunshine. About 15 minutes worth is enough to get to work. You won’t convince me that that is not better than burning a quart of gasoline to achieve the same result.
Never getting rid of personal transportation. People want to travel to see & do things that aren't going to be served by public transport.