Posted on 02/15/2025 9:47:03 AM PST by RandFan
When Ric Harris traded in his ageing Mercedes for a Tesla Model 3, he was instantly converted.
“It was a bit like having a spaceship,” says the 51-year-old computer programmer. “It saved me an absolute fortune in fuel; the only thing it’s had done is tyres and topping up the windscreen washer fluid.”
When he acquired the car on a company scheme, Harris did not consider the politics of Tesla’s billionaire owner too closely. “Elon Musk just seemed like a really interesting person. Everything he was doing seemed really positive,” he says.
Four and a half years later, the car’s lease is expiring. And despite it being one of the best vehicles he has ever driven, Harris has no intention of keeping it.
“It’s a brand that, from my point of view, has become toxic. It would be like buying a VW Beetle in 1939 Germany.”
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This is one of the former founders of Tesla they are in the power industry they rebuild packs and repurpose cells to other uses them when they finally reach end of life they fully recycle them and by them I mean any chemistry NMC.LION,LFP the works right back into American made power cells.
The modern world cannot exist without high density power cells. Every electronic device is dependent on them and most simply couldn’t exist without them. Your smartphone for one, tablets, laptops, medical devices, drones, probes, ocean buoys, diesel electric submarines that are not wwii clunckers the list is endless and it’s a trillion dollar industry just for those things aline. EVs are only 6% of the power cell market and it’s a trillion plus dollar market.
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Didn’t anyone notice the fall foliage on the trees? This video is not recent
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