schizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agoBYD tops 2024 new car sales in S’pore, first for a Chinese EV brandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145external-linkBYD tops 2024 new car sales in S’pore, first for a Chinese EV brandwww.straitstimes.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product. Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
minus-squareyessikglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoThat’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 hours agoLG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either. And then there’s FIAT…
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoI hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoLG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoNo one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoThey used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.
They also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product.
Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
That’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
ooooh like FIAT
LG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either.
And then there’s FIAT…
I hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
LG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
No one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
They used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.