• rumba@lemmy.zip
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      28 minutes ago

      not OP, I wouldn’t mind a redemption arc, they were pretty f’ing cool before he got there.

      Everything that was on the market before tesla was a facimilie of a thousand other cars before it. They did something (for better or worse) different. Learning what not to do has power in itself.

      After they took the leap, all of a sudden a lot of other companies started throwing out prototypes. I don’t think the Volt I drive today would have happened if they didn’t go there first.

      Of course things got a lot worse as Elon butted in further and they started pushing QC out and cybertruck BS in.

      I think they’re likely irredeemable, but I’d like to see another company follow in their footsteps and keep pushing the tech further, not in a garbage dumpster direction, but in a simpler and more effective direction.

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        Everything that was on the market before tesla was a facimilie of a thousand other cars before it.

        Dude, every one of their generic sedan looking business fleet cars look so bleh that they make a mid-90s Dodge Neon look like mind-blowing body design.

        The only thing they’ve produced in the last ten years that’s even markedly different from the competition is the cybertruck, and that’s only different in a bad way.

        The “innovations” they brought to market are almost all shit I would never need nor want save the EV part of it. I cannot imagine ever wanting to drive a thing in which much of the control and all of the gauges are on a permanently mounted, great value iPad.

        They are saying the resale value on these things is going through the floor, and honestly that’s good because that’s what they are worth.