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johnreply
lemmy.haley.io

Back in 2013 it was my dream to own a Tesla and not have a gas car. I was able to do it in 2018 and now that it’s paid off I don’t want to hop into another car payment.

I feel a sense of betrayal in that I thought we were all in it to help transition to cleaner energy usage and whatnot but instead it’s another speculative investment vehicle that only exists to make a few people stupidly richer.

I just want companies to turn into things that make valuable products and aren’t only focused on “stock number go up”

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Kühlschrankreply
lemmy.world

Amen to all of that. I never did have the chance to buy one but that was my dream car for years, obviously until the recent betrayal.

But the larger point about companies making products - I feel like some serious reform needs to happen but I really have no idea where one would start. I do know that we need to be sure lawmakers aren't benefitting from the companies they're supposed to be policing, that'd be a massive start. But in the end, the free market as they sold it to us is a massive failure and gets worse every year and I just hope people realize that the 'socialism' they're demonizing is the thing that would most help make the economy more right for them.

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Maxnmy's
lemmy.world

This vehicle will reportedly be purpose-built to function solely as a self-driving cab. As such, it will not contain an accelerator, brake pedals or a steering wheel, and will be hailed via a special Tesla app.

Taking "move fast and break things" literally. Can the cars actually self-drive outside of a perfect laboratory environment? I guess we'll find out because Elon Musk is the type of guy who tests in production.

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LesserAbereply
lemmy.world

How long between when he announced the cyber truck and when it was actually available? And what about all the stuff he announced that still doesn't exist? Hyper loop, humanoid robots?

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