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This article they quote from seems like a better source for details : https://electrek.co/2021/07/09/tesla-patent-reveals-elon-mus...

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Electrek is a glorified Tesla fanboi (Fredrick Lambert) blog which often skews reality. I'd never put "better source" and Electrek in the same sentence.

I'm saying this as a Tesla owner mind you!

He is clearly a Tesla fan, and usually covers Tesla in favor light. He is far from the fanboy however, and even addressed fanboyism issue specifically:

https://electrek.co/2021/04/05/tesla-toxic-superfans-giving-...

Tesla still gets majority of coverage, understandably given that they were pretty much the only game in town until a few years ago (Nissan Leaf notwithstanding), but EV vehicles and motorbikes in general are very well presented.

If you’ve read Electrek for awhile, you’ll note that he sensationalizes virtually everything. He also over simplifies or just blatantly takes things out of context. He does this while trying to make Electrek appear as an actual news website when it is literally just a fanboi blog. He misrepresents the news. This is why much of what he has to say should be taken with a grain of salt.

Lambert is often very competitive with Tesla and Elon doesn't like him for that reason. He is often very critical of Tesla. He never responds Electrek like he does some other blogs of that type.

He far better sources on Tesla then most people. Certainty most other websites that run with this news. He has broken news on Tesla multiple times.

Electrek has strongly moved in the direction of covering all EV launches and reporting on all of that while giving good press to all the other automakers. Accusing them of being just a Tesla fanblog is simply wrong.

Maybe 5 years ago when Tesla was the only game in town this was more correct, but its not today.

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