Yea it was an actually decent car. We went the easy route and fucked up the planet by choosing the internal combustion engine.

You know some absolute dumbasses would actually believe that.

All he did was put up investment money.

One of the wildest things to me is how many places need to move their public transit systems back to from grid electric. Electric trains are awesome. But I'm also of the opinion that the motor/dynamo is akin to the wheel in how fundamentally important and valuable it is.

Those older cars with the huge windows and great visibility handled rollover accidents by crushing the heads and necks of everyone inside.

At some point we decided the passenger cabin shouldn't be the primary crumple zone, so you can't make cars like that anymore.

I'd buy that.

I don't think you can just magically make a battery that goes that long without serious engineering work

No, by the time I was born beauty was secondary to aerodynamics. It was the right decision, but I do understand what we lost is something to be sad we've lost.

With teslas my bigger issue is build quality. Though the dumpster they sell is ironically one of the few deviations from the modern prioritization of aerodynamics over aesthetics, it's just done by someone who doesn't understand good taste. Compare it to those Honda EVs to see a similar idea done much more beautifully.

The cyber truck is disgusting. It's what happens when you give billionaires all the decision making authority. It seriously looks similar to a dumpster.

I dunno. I recently saw the new Twingo and it's a very nice and cute looking car. Their 2025 hatchback was also very cool and futuristic looking.

Or the refrigerator on wheels that is the SwastiKKKar.

And you thought Walter White's Aztec was the ugliest car ever. Nope, Musk looked at that, and said "I can do worse." And he did.

It was lead acid batteries, same as are used today in most gasoline cars to start the engine. That technology has been around for a very long time. It worked for car like this because the car itself was very light, and it didn't go that fast maybe 30 mph or so peak speed. So the power consumption was way way way less than a modern electric vehicle.