It's Electric!

It’s no secret that Elon Musk is one of the richest and most successful men in the world, but also that he himself is no stranger to controversy, and it looks like this time, his words and actions might cause him a bit of a shock. 

This week billionaire George Soros announced that in response to the repeated insults and playground squabble disagreements with other billionaire Elon Musk, Soros would be starting an electric car company himself.  The name of this new challenger in the EV market?  Edison. 

The name might be a bit on the nose, but the buzz it’s creating is already electric throughout the industry.  We sat down with ordinary people in California near the—for now—Tesla headquarters and asked them what they thought of the new company. 

“I think it couldn’t come at a better time,” says Tanya Martinez of Anaheim.  “We’ve really needed a new liberal electric vehicle champion ever since Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump.” 

Reportedly, the head honchos at Toyota are very worried, not only that the burgeoning EV market will continue to attack their market share, but that specifically they will continue their loss of status as the liberal elite electric vehicle with the continuing slump of the once indefatigable juggernaut that is the Prius. 

Soros says he plans to release the Edison Model Z, in 2026, and it is reported that it will only charge on direct current.