On 9 Jul 2021 at 15:43, Willie via EV wrote: > I thank you for your candidness. This "I hate Elon and no level of > superior performance can overcome that hatred" caught me by complete > surprise. But, it explains much that has puzzled me.
I didn't say that. Tesla's competition has helped push EV development forward. Elon Musk has become a liability to Tesla and looks set to hamper its ability to continue the progress in the future. That's the main reason I think he needs to go. Tesla doesn't offer a vehicle that suits my needs and objectives, so my reaction to him really isn't relevant in a purchasing decision. That said, I have no quibble with people who won't buy Teslas (or at least hesitate to) because of Musk's antisocial behavior. With the feeble business regulation we have here in the US, our personal spending is just about the only way we have to influence the actions of corporations and their principals. The good news is that if you don't want to buy an EV from Elon Musk, regardless of the reason, every year there are more and more good alternatives. That's even more the case in Europe, where the list of EVs on offer is longer and more varied than it is here. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I learned "sesquipedalian" from Mark Twain, who used it as an adjective to describe a long word. Sesquipedalian is a sesqui- pedalian word. In a world where phonetically is not spelled the way it sounds, and Gary Oldman was a young man when Henny Youngman was an old man, it was nice to have a word that actually described itself. -- found on the internet = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
