If indeed the world starts moving toward electric vehicles, you'd better believe Ford, Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, and all the other car manufacturers will begin producing very fine e-vehicles, and Tesla will be just one among many.
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I know your post wasn't directed at me in particular, but for the record, I don't think I've ever cheered Tesla other than to perhaps state that them accepting bitcoin was cool. Nor have I changed my opinion about them as a company (I don't really have a strong opinion, but I do like e-cars).
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Other than that I'm a bit concerned with this antagonization of Tesla some hardcore bitcoiners are pushing overall social media.
I've seen few discussions where people trying to defend the power issue have started calling tesla owners all sorts of names and accusing them of killing the planet and so on, this is just making more people avoid bitcoin in the end.
Totally agree. At one point, Bitcoiners are like the champions of this new technology that will replace money and make people have more financial control than what the nexus of politicians, banks and corporates allow them. On the other, the moment their fiat earning are taking a dump, they are out rallying against the EV revolution that Tesla started.
None of the other automakers were interested in putting money and research into EVs till Musk came along and showed that this could be done and people will buy them. Not to forget his other long term plans plus innovations at SpaceX. The re-landings are now routine. SN15 just did the first successful re-landing. Every day the guy is pushing the envelope of whats possible for humans. Antagonizing that community doesn't really match up to the values of Bitcoin.