[bradlys]

I think naming a public road after someone is a lot different than naming a private company's product after someone.

[geodel]

Yeah we need a law against it. A lot of people would support such law. Could be defining issue of our times.

[jrflowers]

It would be hilarious if Tesla had to change its name to Electricity Cars LLC or whatever

[birdyrooster]

if anything the teslabots have trained me to think of Tesla as a power company and not a automobile manufacturer.

[jytechdevops]

they're both intended to honor said person, no?

[anotherman554]

If it's an internal name, maybe, but external names are generally intended to manipulate the public via psychology to make unconscious connections to the product that will make them want the product, in other words "marketing 101".