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SpookedByRoaches

@rodhilton It is true that he's an absolute moron when it comes to his software knowledge, but his rockets are proven to work amazingly. I'm conflicted a bit about his cars but he definitely started the whole EV thing, and they at least work fine. I think it's cool to criticize Elon on his dumbass takes but don't shit on everything he did, it makes you sound spiteful.

25 Dec 2022 at 16:15 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mstdn.social
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Keith_R

@SpookedByRoaches @rodhilton

"...he definitely started the whole EV thing"

He really, REALLY didn't.

"and they at least work fine."

Because someone else designs and builds them.

25 Dec 2022 at 19:17 | Open on newsie.social
SpookedByRoaches

@keithreeder @rodhilton en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor
"The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells"
Took me 8 seconds to find this. It's not hard to criticize someone without criticizing their whole existence. You can't deny that even if he didn't invent the EV, he popularized it as a regular consumer car and showed how viable it is, making established brands invest in them without worry.

@keithreeder @rodhilton en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor
"The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells"
Took me 8 seconds to find this. It's not hard to criticize someone without criticizing their whole existence. You can't deny that even if he didn't invent the EV, he popularized it as a regular consumer car and showed how viable it is, making established brands...

25 Dec 2022 at 19:45 | Open on mstdn.social
Keith_R

@SpookedByRoaches @rodhilton

""The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells" "

That's not REMOTELY the same as "...he definitely started the whole EV thing".

I was coveting the the first Zero electric motorcycles (EVs don't just come with four wheels) LONG before the Tesla Roadster was A Thing.

In the UK (not everywhere is the US) we had the Sinclair C5 in the 80s; and the G-wiz was commercially available from 2001.

25 Dec 2022 at 19:52 | Open on newsie.social
SpookedByRoaches

@keithreeder @rodhilton So you're basically saying that Elon and Tesla had no effect on how fast EVs are being adopted?

25 Dec 2022 at 19:58 | Open on mstdn.social
Keith_R

@SpookedByRoaches @rodhilton

Not saying that at all: but I AM saying that you're wildly wrong to credit him with "definitely" being where it all started.

25 Dec 2022 at 20:02 | Open on newsie.social
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