He also would already have a bankrupt company on his hands, because it’s only those promises that keep investors coming through the doors.

That seems like an unreasonable degree of luck to assume any of those things actually take place that rapidly... especially considering their past performance. Based on their past, it’d seem more likely that they break ground next year, take slightly more than a year to make the buildings, another year to install…

Possible? Yes. Odds aren’t good though. It’s like me winning the Kentucky Derby as a jockey. It’s technically possible, but it aint gonna happen.

Variable: The scientist is a known liar.

Volvo started construction on a new greenfield site in 2015 and it will only be later this year when production starts. This is a company that knows what they are doing and has a deep pocket parent company that wants to spend money on Volvo. This plant is scheduled for just a bit over 100,000 units of production too.

Attention Jalopnik: I too will be building a new car in the next 24 months. Send me money and invest in my venture.

At what point would it be more accurate to describe the timeline as impossible or a flat-out lie rather than insane or overly optimistic?

He’s just constantly hoping some crazy Chinese billionaire will buy him out before the whole thing comes crashing down.

Elon Musk wouldn’t get nearly the amount of flak that he does if he would just stop making promises that are completely impossible to keep.

Yeah, my car would run “strong as ever” too after a few turbos, a new trans, and a new diff.

If you see units inside the gates of the factory they’re likely on a repair hold. We have a lot of units on hold, if we cant store them here anymore then we start contracting yard space.

They could skip the camo and just stick a Brute badge on the back of it, and nobody would suspect a thing

Its gonna fold like a taco.

Thought that for a bit, How do you Camo a Jeep? It’s a box. They are supposed to be Camoed.

The traditional back seat is preferred, the vehicles are sold off to the public after the vehicle is decommissioned. Generally, vehicles with cloth seats sell a bit better than the plastic ones.

Literally none of these choices are kid friendly.

Two Words. Jeep Commanche. They look good, are unique, use XJ parts and if it breaks you can find parts fairly easily.

First gen (circa ~2000) Tundra Crew Cab with the 3.4L V6, cheaper than a comparable Tacoma, similar fuel economy, dead nuts reliable, and actually has rear seat room.

How about a nice S-10/Sonoma crew cab? Cheap, super easy to work on, and very reliable if you keep up with the [minimal] maintenance. Plus if the engine goes, you can easily LS swap it.

The jump seats in those old Hardbodies are a joke. I know because I crammed my ass into them on many occasions growing up. Please don’t subject another generation of kids to that indignity.