• Lemmayng@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’d say it’s both self-imposed incompetence and bullying from Trump and his oil barons.

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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      For decades though they didn’t bother to invest when they could have. For a decade since Tesla proved there was a viable a market they didn’t do much more than token effort (ugly plastic Evs, not innovating in the tech at all)

      As much as I hate Elon Musk at least he did get the EV industry legitimized.

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        They had to choose between short term profits and being relevant by 2030. Shareholders picked the first option.