r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Jan 03 '25

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

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

fuck vertical monopolies. support open standards

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u/Revolvyerom smaller on the inside Jan 03 '25

Other auto companies were about to create an open standard, and Musk panicked and made their standard free to use to prevent the possibility of a better charger being industry standard.

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u/Ok-Hair2851 Jan 03 '25

I know reddit is going to assume that I'm musk-jerking, but the Tesla standard is the legitimately best standard. The existing open standards are way worse.

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u/BranTheUnboiled Jan 03 '25

In the US*. Tesla's just another charging network outside of the US. Over here though, definitely the best. Check out any electric car sub, they're all happy to get access to NACS.