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[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 49 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Tesla

yk this lib bought it sometime around the late 2010s when they all thought elon musk was irl ironman and the greatest genius of our age before he made his chuddery obvious

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

he's so epic!!!! he named them S, 3, X, and Y!!!!!! soypoint-2

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh, is that what the joke was

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Please let it be a coincidence please.

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

im surprised he didn’t name the cybertruck the model D so he could name the next ones model O, model G, and model E

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I totally wanted a Tesla when I was younger. Seemed like it was going down the path of affordability, there was gonna be superchargers in every gas station, etc.

If you asked me 10 years ago, I would've thought EVs would be absolutely dominating the market, maybe hitting 1/3 of new sales. Its like ~7% currently. Boy was I naive.

Probably could've been possible if the government had any interest in that, but I digress.

Meanwhile...

From January to March of this year, nearly 1.9 million electric cars were sold in China, marking an almost 35% increase compared to sales in the first quarter of 2023. In March, NEV sales in China surpassed a share of 40% in overall car sales for the first time, according to retail sales reported by the China Passenger Car Association.

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

I totally wanted a Tesla when I was younger. Seemed like it was going down the path of affordability, there was gonna be superchargers in every gas station, etc.

If you asked me 10 years ago, I would've thought EVs would be absolutely dominating the market, maybe hitting 1/3 of new sales. Its like ~7% currently. Boy was I naive.

Probably could've been possible if the government had any interest in that, but I digress.