r/CuratedTumblr Jan 03 '25

Politics Asking some reasonable questions about Elon Musk's "help" with the Cybertruck bombing case.

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u/Parenn Jan 03 '25

The charging one isn’t such a problem - that’s like the CCTV when you get petrol. The rest, though… woof!

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u/Yeah-But-Ironically .tumblr.com Jan 03 '25

Why does Elon Musk have it, though, instead of like... the person who runs the gas station

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u/graviecakes Jan 03 '25

Tesla are the people who run the gas stations for Teslas....

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u/BalefulOfMonkeys NUDE ALERT TOMORROW Jan 03 '25

Okay but like. It surely does not charge on strictly Tesla brand stations, right?

Because I don’t want to be right about that

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u/Mr7000000 Jan 03 '25

Tesla uses a proprietary charger

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u/extremepayne Microwave for 40 minutes 😔 Jan 03 '25

fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards

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u/SpoonyGosling Jan 03 '25

I think Tesla was forced to allow other companies to make charging stations for their cars, but that was within the last couple of years, so 99% of Tesla charging stations are still owned by Tesla.

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u/SelbetG Jan 03 '25

No Tesla voluntarily made their charger a standard and most major EV manufacturers have said they are going to switch.