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Woz Likes his Tesla, Doesn't Trust Elon

posted by martyb on Wednesday January 31 2018, @09:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the voice-of-Jobs-experience dept.

https://www.investopedia.com/news/steve-wozniak-turns-tesla-critic-doesnt-trust-elon-musk/

Steve Wozniak spoke recently at the Nordic Business Forum in Stockholm. A clipping from the end of the short article,

After years of upgrades and new sensors, Woz sees Tesla as a company that has made major promises and delivered well under the bar. "I love that car, but the trouble is Elon Musk is portrayed in a lot of moves with a lack of faith and trust," he said. "What he says, can you really believe in him? Is he just a good salesman, like Jobs, and may not be there [in the end]?"

Wozniak went as far as to suggest that "every other car manufacturer in the world," including Audi and BMW, "are actually ahead of Tesla for self-driving cars." He then praised his Chevy Bolt EV, which he prefers to drive for everyday life.

It doesn't seem that long ago that Woz was calling out Toyota for problems with the cruise control on his Prius, but here's an update from 2010 -- https://gizmodo.com/5462205/steve-wozniak-update-on-his-prius-problems

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by hemocyanin on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:28AM (1 child)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday February 01 2018, @05:28AM (#631355) Journal

    Not sure what you mean "and many people don't want to care for the car - they'd rather have it the other way around" -- I have a Leaf and the maintenance is near zero. Yes I have to plug it in at night like everything else I have, but aside from tires, brake pads, and window washer fluid, there really isn't much to do to it.

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  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Thursday February 01 2018, @04:45PM

    by tftp (806) on Thursday February 01 2018, @04:45PM (#631527) Homepage
    I currently live in a very decent apartment building. I gave up on the house - too much unproductive maintenance work. But the other side is that in the apt. building's garage there is one (1) charger for a 80 cars. Obviously, I would be forced to provide uncommon amounts of care for the car. This further limits the market of EVs.