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Elon Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business (nytimes.com)
17 points by danso 83 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 15 comments



And why wouldn’t he? His name is such a widely loved brand right now.


> which need longer to recharge than it takes to top off a tank

Meanwhile, BYD says its new chargers can power vehicles for about 250 miles in five minutes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/byd-china-ev-maker-charge-five-...


Why do you believe anything a Chinese company claims? Don't you know anything about Chinese companies?


BYD made that statement in a product announcement to investors, and they seem to care about their reputation and not getting sued. It’s certainly possible that they’ll struggle to hit it but they started as a battery manufacturer (they were even a supplier for Tesla) and control the whole design including custom charging chips and battery cells so if there’s a company which is going to hit this milestone first it would look like them.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/byd-confirms-1000v-super-e-pl...


hehehehe you are comparing elon - the greatest liar that ever lived - to china…


BYD had delivered on their promises while Elon and Tesla have a very long list of broken promises behind them.


Tesla and Musk have a long track record of misleading/exaggerated or outright fabricated claims.

So far I've seen BYD deliver on all its promises but maybe I missed it (or my bias blinded me), do you have sources to show that BYD routinely lies?


There goes the FDA's funding.


Understaffed and overworked hospitality will certainly be an experience



How did you get around the paywall?? Thank you for providing this link



Makes sense. Maybe drive-in theaters too.


you hook the charger to your car instead of the speaker.

(was that how they did it? It was only later they used a fake fm channel, right?)


Musky Browns Ring Donuts?




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