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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
GM tried to kill the electric car or at least delay it in the 1990s.
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GM was the only (or at least the major) manufacturer even putting money into electric cars in the 90's. They did nothing to actively kill electric cars. If they aren't profitable, they aren't profitable. Evolution applies to products as well as living organisms. The fittest tend survive.
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Originally Posted by JSH
Musk is betting with other people’s money.
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Bullshine. He put $70 million of his own into Tesla. He put $100 M of his own money into Space X. Other people aren't forced to invest their money into Musk's companies, they do so voluntarily hoping to capture a tiny portion of Musk's success, and perhaps to advance the technologies these companies employ.
I'm no fan of Musk's Tweets and arrogance, but we can dislike him for that rather than conjure up a false narrative about him being an evil overlord.