Davel23@fedia.io to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoElon Musk has done more damage to the Tesla name than Thomas Edison could have ever hoped to do.message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1772arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1761arrow-down1message-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 · 1 month agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 month 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-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoI enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.
minus-squareTownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoAnd their prototype “Topsy”!
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoBefore the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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.
I enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.
And their prototype “Topsy”!
Before the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.
funnily enough there was also a car brand named Nikola. they turned out to be a huge scam.