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Originally Posted by john70t

The Tucker auto, A123 Batteries, and the Aptera also should have made it into mass production. The funding for those projects were pulled at the last minute to my knowledge.

edit: looks like the https://www.aptera.us/ is still in business. Pavlov effect.
0-60mph in 3.5 sec.
1,000mi range on a single charge.
40mi extra per day from integrated solar panels. Won't get stuck in the desert.

I have been following Aptera. They have a factory being built (estimated completion is Dec, iirc) and their goal is to produce 10,000 next year. They are accepting preorders and investors now. I can't wait to see what they do.

I find Elon very interesting. He is a doer. Some of the interviews he has given has been really different. He is blunt and sometimes a little too optimistic about what and when his companies can achieve something (like FSD). But you have no doubt what his goal is unlike some other CEO's.

I once heard that pay in some departments were based on ideas. The idea doesn't need to pan out but more ideas=more innovation. How many places have you worked where your boss wants to hear anything but his/her thoughts regurgitated?