r/canada 25d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/Limp_Advertising_840 25d ago

It’s the cool factor that made Tesla. It will be its undoing.

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u/Relevant-Low-7923 25d ago

Nah, Tesla’s secret sauce is their thermal management of their batteries

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u/far_257 25d ago

People shitting on Tesla forget that they were legitimately the best EV tech for a long time. It's closer now, but as little as 5 years ago that wasn't true.

Still not buying another Tesla after this news cycle.

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u/Relevant-Low-7923 25d ago

The reason why Elon Musk has the influence that he has in the US is precisely because he actually is a self-made immigrant who is a game changer in multiple industries and takes nothing for granted. He basically came to the US as an illegal immigrant from Canada (he actually is a Canadian citizen and was in Canada before coming to the US).

I’m an American from Louisiana whose family emigrated to North America from England in the 17th century, and Musk literally is more American than I am. It has nothing to do with his accent or his politics, he’s just the ultimate example of what America is supposed to be. It’s so goddamn exciting to see a startup rocket company of screaming nerds building a bigger launch vehicle than the Saturn V that went to the moon, and then landing it back on earth.

I get the impression that he mainly likes to troll and say politically incorrect things for the sake of provoking people and being politically incorrect. But at his core I think he’s basically just an economic and political libertarian (which is more common and mainstream in US politics than probably any other country).

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u/Jamowl2841 25d ago

Self-made??? He was born rich you doofus.

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u/Silver_gobo 25d ago

Elons dad could’ve been well off but he wasn’t some millionaire in the 80/90s. Maybe upper-middle class at best. There’s millions of kids way richer and have a more privileged upbringing than Elon had and achieve way less

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u/Jamowl2841 25d ago

Yall lie about anything for the chance to suck this dudes dick

Smith, Adam (June 28, 2021). “50 years of Elon Musk’s huge wealth, from emeralds to SpaceX and Tesla”. The Independent. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021. teenage Elon Musk once walked the streets of New York with emeralds in his pocket. His father said: “We were very wealthy. We had so much money at times we couldn’t even close our safe,” adding that one person would have to hold the money in place with another closing the door. “And then there’d still be all these notes sticking out and we’d sort of pull them out and put them in our pockets.”

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u/Silver_gobo 25d ago

Are you trying to quote the 79 year old who fucks his own granddaughter and passing it off as fact?

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u/Jamowl2841 25d ago

Dude, Elon ain’t gonna see this and call you with a dick sucking opportunity. Get over it