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It's not like Tesla is novel or unique or better at electric cars.

Conventional car companies have worked on electric cars, and have their own models for decades.

Tesla's unique proposition was about building an electric supercar (and even that is not working very well, profits wise).

They'll hardly be the one's replacing the mass oil and diesel cars with electric models...

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Have you ever seen a Tesla?

Yes, so?

I don’t even know what to say to the first sentence in your comment.

Just admit it? Being a "sports car" doesn't make it any better, in the same way a Ferrari is not better than a Lexus.

Tesla caused a hype around EV cars and is probably the primary cause as to why everybody is talking about EVs.

I doubt regular manufacturers would have begun releasing real EV cars without their pressure.

>Tesla caused a hype around EV cars and is probably the primary cause as to why everybody is talking about EVs

That's not a technology thing though. Just a marketing thing.

marketing matters. electric cars have been around for 100 years, but they weren't getting any measurable adoption until Tesla came around and made them seem cool. I don't like a lot about Tesla or Musk, I'm not sure they have what it takes to mature, but you can't dismiss the effect their shenanigans have had on the industry.

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