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Whoops, I meant "mid-'70s" above

Americans mispronounced that German car's name as "Porsh" from the early '50s, until the mid-'7s, when Porsche began to run TV commercials with the announcer saying "POR-shuh".and 99% of Americans adopted the German pronunciation. I'd just like to see Tesla fix it NOW, avoiding a correction...

Dee-suls are TRAINS, dee-zuls are CARS. Never realized I said the word both ways until you spelled out the two pronunciations! - - - Updated - - - The British say it Jag-you-are, and I'm happy to do the same. OTOH most of the time I just say Jag. Still have my high school car, a '64 Sting...

I first studied the life and achievements of Nikola Tesla as a child in the mid-'50s. He had an incredible mind. particularly in maximizing the power and efficiency of electrical components. Thomas Edison, for one, stole some of his ideas when Nikola was a mere "employee". Later, on his own...