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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.
They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.
Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
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The Ford Pinto wasn't that explosive. Here's a podcast about it: https://podcastaddict.com/you-re-wrong-about/episode/174395513
The Pinto was a victim of high sales, and the US legal system that makes lawyers rich. All cars out of Detroit had similar gas tank designs.
Back in the 70s and 80s, Pintos were EVERYWHERE. It was a cool little car, I had a few over the years. I think every high school or college student at the time owned at least one.
I knew one girl, a fellow college student I dated, whose Pinto was the most rusted out vehicle I've ever traveled in. I was in the passenger seat, and I realized the floor was moving, and she said, "Yeah, don't move that cookie sheet too much, that's the floor." I moved it anyway, and sure enough, there was a 10 inch hole rusted through the floorboards, and I could see the road passing below us.
I had another girlfriend for a long time, who played both tuba and string bass (she weighed 95 pounds), and she figured out how to fit BOTH into her Pinto at the same time. She had to put the back seats down, and the headstock from the bass had to stick out the front passenger window, but she could get them both to gigs in her little Pinto.