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Toyota made the prius in what the late 90s?
Yeah when petrol is cheap, why would you buy an EV (or electric hybrid) for marginal or even less gain?
Remember at the end of the days it’s money, load of people brought bikes during the 73’ oil crisis as a solution, but quickly revert to cars when the price is more favourable.
Changes only happen with government setting a goal or money (or even both for us).
edscoble
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Imo the dudes a prick. And over rated.
But whatever hoops you want to jump through to mitigate his role, the fact is he has shifted the landscape with Tesla and Space X
Toyota made the prius in what the late 90s? And for a long time that hybrid solution was the closest to commercially available EVs we'd got.
I've met loads of people with cool ideas and no money. I've also helped people with cool ideas get money and then totally fuck it up. I've also tried and failed to get money from public and quazi public bodies - not the US Government admittedly, but I'm going to wildly speculate and say they're not that easy either.
Clearly I don't claim to know everyone's personal experiences with building successful multinationals, but a lot of commentators seem to downplay how difficult it is to do what he's done.