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Apr 24th, 2024, 17:34 | #1261 |
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I also think that electric vehicles have a future, it's just a question of time.
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I’m seeing a lot of broken down Kia’s about though. We gained a Kia Dealership in Leamington and there’s been a few dead Kia’s being recovered in the area. Oh well, makes a nice change to the usual broken Land Rovers and the odd Aston Martin TT
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The MG isn't a bad car, not a fan of the interior though. But reliable with a decent dealer network.
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It's not about the money, he's ego driven.
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Apr 24th, 2024, 20:43 | #1266 |
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Tesla is losing its ego.
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Apr 25th, 2024, 00:18 | #1267 |
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I’d agree to a point, but he gets satisfaction from disruption, not longevity….
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Apr 25th, 2024, 09:27 | #1268 |
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New to the forum, new to electric cars
This is a mega long thread so sorry if I'm repeating stuff already discussed.
I very recently moved from diesel to electric (MY24 XC40 Recharge). I also moved from Mercedes to Volvo, so new to Volvo too. I'm curious what some of the Volvo veterans (those with EVs and not) have to share about electric cars? For me
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Apr 25th, 2024, 10:44 | #1269 |
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I agree that's how he sees himself and his legacy but I've yet to see any real world disruption that he's brought about.
Telsa was novel but it isn't the Model T nor the iPhone. SpaceX is evolutionary, not revolutionary and at the current rate will probably get bought out or mission changed before it ever gets close to Mars colonisation. I'll wager that Tesla Bot will also disappear without trace, at least as a consumer product as opposed to a glorified paint/welding/assembly robot for manufacturing plants. The likes of Boston Dynamics seem years ahead. Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Torsvalds and before them Trammel/Sinclair/Curry and Bell Labs. They were disruptors, brining about generational behavioural, consumer and technological changes and with it the creation of new markets and the total destruction of old ones. To my mind, Elon is certainly a successful wealth generator and a very high-profile individual who goes out of his way to seek the oxygen of publicity and controversy but currently an also-ran when it comes to real innovation and disruptive change. Ironically, I think there's more Edison about him than Tesla.
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He's no innovator but does have an uncanny ability to get people to invest 10s of billions in his oddball schemes. Who in their right mind would have stumped up the cash to buy Twitter?
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