Steve Wozniak: There's 'way too much hype' around Elon Musk's Tesla

[cthulhujr]

The article suggests the hype around Tesla is about the autonomous driving features; I'd argue that only a small part of the hype. The hype is around a company disrupting an antiquated industry that has big oil and lawmakers in their back pocket.

[chad_strategic]

I couldn't have said it better.

[waynecochran]

Electric cars are cleaner than oil-based only if you ignore the creation and disposal of the batteries... and the fact that battery technology still sucks. Oil is an incredibly compact form of energy, can be poured and easily transported without dissipation of energy. As much as I want to get away from oil, it's hard to beat.

[gbugniot]

Except that electric engines can be more than 90% efficient while combustion engines are 30 to 45% efficient.

[namlem]

Can you cite a source on battery disposal being a problem. I've heard this claim repeated many time, but never with even a single shred of evidence.

[vectorEQ]

there's way to much hype around apple! >.<

[chad_strategic]

Agreed.

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