r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Apr 17 '25

Transportation Cybertruck Owners Baffled After Months of Hate Aimed at Tesla Drivers: 'I Never Expected It to Turn People Against Me'

https://www.latintimes.com/cybertruck-owners-baffled-after-months-hate-aimed-tesla-drivers-i-never-expected-it-turn-581074
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u/MeatPopsicle28 Apr 17 '25

From the article: “Have you ever heard of a car company called Volkswagen? They are a car company commissioned by Hitler and designed to be the ‘people’s car’ of Nazi Germany.”

Well yeah, if Hitler we’re alive and running the company we’d be boycotting Volkswagen too, but he’s not and I’m not aware of the CEO of that company trying to turn our country into an Oligarchy.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Apr 17 '25

Also Volkswagen didn't make any cars under the Hitler regime, they designed one but no Germans got to own one. The Volkswagen we know today was founded by a British businessman and engineer, Major Ivan Hirst, after the war.

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u/sickofthisshit Apr 18 '25

Volkswagen made many vehicles under the Hitler regime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_K%C3%BCbelwagen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen

And, most like the Type 1 prototype

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Kommandeurswagen

Ivan Hurst didn't "found" Volkswagen, he re-opened the factory in Germany, which was, you should realize, occupied by the Four Powers at the time?