Before the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.
Comment on Elon Musk has done more damage to the Tesla name than Thomas Edison could have ever hoped to do.
ech@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Do people associate the car with Nikola? I’ve never really conflated the two, though the bitter irony of the modern day Edison abusing the name is not lost on me.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
funnily enough there was also a car brand named Nikola. they turned out to be a huge scam.
sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.
TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And their prototype “Topsy”!