Davel23@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoElon Musk has done more damage to the Tesla name than Thomas Edison could have ever hoped to do.message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1167file-text
arrow-up1167message-squareElon Musk has done more damage to the Tesla name than Thomas Edison could have ever hoped to do.Davel23@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoDo people associate the car with Nikola? I’ve never really conflated the two. Though the bitter irony of the modern day Edison abusing the name is not lost on me.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBefore the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agofunnily enough there was also a car brand named Nikola. they turned out to be a huge scam.
Do people associate the car with Nikola? I’ve never really conflated the two. Though the bitter irony of the modern day Edison abusing the name is not lost on me.
Before the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.
I enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.
funnily enough there was also a car brand named Nikola. they turned out to be a huge scam.