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Elon's Edsel Is The Auto Industry's Biggest Flop In Decades- Forbes (Original Post) MagaSmash Sunday OP
Why are his ears so red? Demovictory9 Sunday #1
Like Tasmanian devil red. Tom Dyer Sunday #2
I looked it up! some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #3
And Elon......... listen Dude.......... some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #4
sun visors Be Leave On Sunday #5
Musk didn't design the Tesla Warpy Sunday #6

Be Leave On

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5. sun visors
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 08:39 PM
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Last edited Sun Apr 6, 2025, 09:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Not sure about the POS "truck", but I rode in one swastikar model one time, and it didn't even have sun visors, and no possibility for them. Apparently trying to achieve a sleek look, the designers left off that valuable part, and going in the direction of the sun that was low on the horizon was quite uncomfortable. Big safety failure, too.

Edited to add that Ralph Nader would probably say it is "unsafe at any speed".

Warpy

(113,155 posts)
6. Musk didn't design the Tesla
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 09:55 PM
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He bought the company and hired good engineers and designers. It was considered cool and sold really well because he was the first to come out with an EV with reasonable range. He's got competition now.

The Cyber Truck was pretty much his design, an urban tank for paranoid hipsters and tech bros. He grossly overestimated the number of potential customers among those groups.

If you want a real laugh, check out some of his other fabulous design ideas over at AdamSomething at YouTube.

Musk needs an intervention.

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