• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      Yeah to this day I don’t understand this “genius” business move. My redneck conservative dad sure as hell isn’t buying an electric vehicle anytime soon, even if you put a giant MAGA hat on it.

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        6 months ago

        So the company had a downturn, and has to cut costs to maintain profitability. Charging is not the core product, so why spend money on it. It almost makes sense.

        Musk does have a habit of making large single-minded bets and it surely takes a giga-ego to do that. His rise was based on some of those being correct, but we’ll see if this one is