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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by throw0101a on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:21PM (#20365087)
Teslas were the "halo product" for EVs.

No one got excited about Leafs and Priuses, but there are lots of videos about people drag racing Model S.

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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by smacktoward on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:50PM (#20365302)
> No one got excited about Leafs and Priuses

This... is not true. Lots of people were excited by the Prius, specifically. In the 2000s that car was so hot that it was a mark of status for Hollywood celebrities to be seen driving them.

The Leaf, yeah, nobody ever got too excited by that. But the Prius was genuinely A Thing.

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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by ska on Friday July 05, 2019 @07:12PM (#20366644)
Prius was definitely a thing. And objectively not a great car, but a perfectly serviceable one for lots of people. The first "green" vehicle to do that, really.
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Re:BMW CEO to quit after carmaker loses early lead in electrics by B1FF_PSUVM on Friday July 05, 2019 @04:24PM (#20365567)
> Lots of people were excited by the Prius,

In a hairshirt sort of way.

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