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Tesla Is Erasing Its Own History. Pre-2019 blog posts, founding climate manifesto taken down (insideevs.com)
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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Did Elon buy this company to take it down in the long run? It's her playing the long game? He's trying to sabotage EVs like he did high speed rail.

[–] cron@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

I don't think it is fair to say that he's trying to sabotage EVs in general. If he did want that, he'd probably not open up the supercharger network for other EVs.

[–] Elextra 5 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't believe so. I remember while Tesla was trying to emerge, the automotive industry (literally every car company), was trying to block their factories/plants from being built in US and from direct car buying (direct to consumer). Makes me think of the Tucker cars.

Thats a lot of work and opposition to face only to run a company to the ground. I think he was always an ass who sided whichever way for money. He really pushed ideas of being climate conscious, EVs with Tesla, appealing to those that were willing to support, purchase, invest, etc. Now that Tesla is successful I feel like he gave up "pandering" to that group of supporters he never truly aligned with and now he can be himself... Unfortunately.