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by 2cynykyl 775 days ago
I am so happy that the author of this piece clearly states, right up front, that ElMu did not actually found Tesla! The marketing aimed to perpetuate this misunderstanding has always irked me...and led the entire world to believe stupid things about this guy.
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I used to be a fan of the guy, now I’m not a fan, yet before Musk, I think Tesla to many people was just this exotic car that no one drove. Todays Tesla make the world believe in electric cars again and moved an industry. You have to give credit where it’s due. Things don’t always have to be binary.
This also applies to SpaceX. They took a rocket that wasn't designed to land and made it land on legs, on land or on barges, reliably. But then, through some combination of second system syndrome and Elon's ego, they overreach and get Cybertruck and Starship.