Willie via EV wrote:
Yes, surprising. I know the people on this list have worked diligently
for decades to hasten the adoption of EVs. Through both personal
example and public advocacy. Yet, we have not had the success that we
desired. Then, Tesla came along and did the deed. Tesla has been
astonishingly successful in convincing the public to buy and drive EVs.
Tesla is solely responsible for putting EVs over the top. IMHO, there
will be no turning back now. Yet, some folks persist in fault finding
and nit picking. I can only encourage them to try to look at the big
picture. Would we be better off had Tesla not succeeded? Tesla may
very well have failed and gone bankrupt had the Model 3 not been the
success that it is. And we would have been stuck with ICE for another
decade or two.
Indeed, it is always a mistake to engage in black-and-white thinking.
Tesla is not all-good, nor all-bad.
Henry Ford put America on wheels with his model T. That was a great
achievement. Yet, it was a far-from-perfect car. It had the gas tank in
the dashboard, the brakes barely worked, and its rigid steel steering
column drove right through your chest like a sword in an accident.
The challenge is to criticise the faults so they can be recognized and
fixed, without dismissing the entire idea in the process.
Lee Hart
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When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can let it
define you; let it destroy you; or you can let it strengthen you.
-- Theodor Seuss Geisel
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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