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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

It seems like there's a market for a company that will buy Teslas ultra cheap, modifies them heavily, then rebadges them like Alpine does for Renault, AMG does / did for Mercedes, Abarth for Fiat, etc.

These days those are all subsidiaries of the main brand, and even before that they had a cooperative relationship with the main brand. But, I can imagine a setup where the main brand doesn't support or approve of what the modifier company does.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

I suggest the rebadged name should be Antifa.

Even better, Tesla and all other Musk businesses should be forced into bankruptcy.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Shouldn't a rebadged Tesla be an Edison?

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Already taken.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Considering that they use DC internally Tesla was never a good name.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Musk is much more of an Edison than a Tesla. If he'd been honest he would have named his cars Edison. Then, the cool rebadge could have been Tesla. But, even he was smart enough to realize what an asshole Edison was, even if he didn't recognize the Edison in himself.

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